Text: Luke 2:22-35 In the blink of an eye, oily ashes will adorn our foreheads and the Lenten journey will begin again. As I approach...

I Corinthians 13 The air was electric. Feelings were running high. Anger was not politely disguised. Words were spoken that should never...

Text: Isaiah 62:1-5 Lots of us grow up with nicknames, given to us for a host of reasons. Did you have a nickname growing up? I certainly...

Text: Luke 4:14-30 After a long, harsh, not-so-silent retreat in the wilderness with the devil constantly carping in his ear, Jesus...

Text: John 2:1-11 The first sermon I ever heard preached on this story in John’s Gospel was not by a preacher and it was not in a church....

Text: Isaiah 42:1-9 Two very different groups of people first heard the Servant Song from Isaiah 42. One group was a hodgepodge of...

Text: Jeremiah 31:7-14 If John the Baptist is the unlikely poster prophet for Advent, Jeremiah is the even more unlikely poster prophet...

Text: Luke 2:1-20 I grew up with parents who loved Christmas. And I am married to someone who loves Christmas. Yet, the way that Jennell...