Date: 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 adjectivalDate: November 17, 2019
Bible Text: Isaiah 7:1–2, 14; 9:2–5 |
Click here to listen to this sermon. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young women is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. —Isaiah 7:14 You can sneak important but difficult substances into someone’s system by wrapping them in prettyDate: November 10, 2019
Bible Text: I Thessalonians 5:1–11 | Reverend Dr. Jo Forrest
Click here to listen to this sermon. let us put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. —I Thessalonians 5:8 We conclude our series of the ways Christian faith calls us to steward all of what we are given. Today we will considerDate: November 3, 2019
Bible Text: Ephesians 2:14-22 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Click here to listen to this sermon. God of faithful surprises, throughout the ages you have made known your love in unexpected ways. Community is one of the great, good, God-given gifts we need to be careful stewards of for the 80 or so years we occupy space on this earth.