Date: January 19, 2020
Bible Text: Matthew 7:24–27 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did notDate: January 12, 2020
Bible Text: Genesis1:1–13 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. And God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the water that were gathered together he called Seas. And GodDate: January 5, 2020
Bible Text: Matthew 2:1–12 | Reverend Christine V. Hides
Click here to listen to this sermon. Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage. —Psalm 74:10 Today’s reading will be familiar to you. According to my count we have shared theDate: December 29, 2019
Bible Text: Romans 8:18–25 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this reflection. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God. —Romans 8:19 God in Christ came to earth to redeem humanity from its brokenness, but in his letter to the church at Rome, Paul promises that allDate: December 24, 2019
Bible Text: Luke 2:15–20 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. —Luke 2:11 Great teachers find creative ways to teach important and complicated truths. A Chemistry teacher I know teaches her science class by having herDate: December 22, 2019
Bible Text: John 1:1–18 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth. —John 1:14 Most of us have little patience for dry abstractions. There are exceptions: CPA’s, actuaries, contractDate: December 15, 2019
Bible Text: Selected verses from John 1:1–14 at 8 a.m. | Reverend Dr. Jo Forrest
The most recognized three-word phrase in the western hemisphere is “In the beginning,” the opening phrase of our Hebrew scriptures. “In the beginning when God created…. God said let there be light…. And God said let us make humankind…” The ancient Israelites composed Genesis’ creation story—of God speakingDate: December 8, 2019
Bible Text: Psalm74:1–10 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. How long, O God… —Psalm 74:10 You don’t need a seminary education to guess that Psalm 74 is an anguished response to the destruction of Jerusalem about 600 years before the birth of Jesus. Perhaps it was written by a Jewish POW carted off toDate: December 1, 2019
Bible Text: Luke 2:8–20 | Reverend Dr. Jo Forrest
Click here to listen to this sermon. When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.’ —Luke 2:15 Several years ago, myDate: November 24, 2019
Bible Text: Micah 5:1–5 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. —Micah 5:2 ‘Catechetical’ is the adjectival