Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Luke 1:26-38
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was the focus of our sermon this week, and it's hard to talk about Mary without mentioning her example of living humbly before God. Christmas is a time when we are face to face with eternal questions, assuming we're strong enough to listen to them. Will we respond as well as Mary did?
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Preached on December 21, 2008 at PLWC.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Anticipation
Reading: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; John 1:6-8, 19-28
We're getting closer to Christmas and the end of Advent, of course, and we're continuing to read the prophecies of Isaiah as we wait on our celebrations of Christ. This week we reminded ourselves of what exactly we are anticipating throughout Advent.
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Preached on December 14, 2008 at PLWC.
We're getting closer to Christmas and the end of Advent, of course, and we're continuing to read the prophecies of Isaiah as we wait on our celebrations of Christ. This week we reminded ourselves of what exactly we are anticipating throughout Advent.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Preached on December 14, 2008 at PLWC.
Friday, December 12, 2008
"Dawn Treader" watercolor
In keeping with a previous post, I recently completed a watercolor based (somewhat loosely) on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
The Dawn Treader
I can't say I'm completely satisfied with it, but the image above was my sixth attempt at getting it right, so at this point I'm ready to move on to something else.
The Dawn TreaderI can't say I'm completely satisfied with it, but the image above was my sixth attempt at getting it right, so at this point I'm ready to move on to something else.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Darkness to Light
This is a graphic I made for use on the invitation we'll be giving out for our Christmas services. It's based on one of the lectionary texts for Christmas Eve.
Isaiah 9:2
Isaiah 9:2Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Comfort Comfort
Reading: Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; Mark 1:1-8
Continuing through Advent, this week's sermon shows us that one of the values of using this season to wait for Christmas is that it gives us time to prepare, and Isaiah's idea of preparation goes hand in hand with his cry to comfort God's people.
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Preached on December 7, 2008 at PLWC.
Continuing through Advent, this week's sermon shows us that one of the values of using this season to wait for Christmas is that it gives us time to prepare, and Isaiah's idea of preparation goes hand in hand with his cry to comfort God's people.
Click here to view a manuscript of this sermon.
Preached on December 7, 2008 at PLWC.
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