On this Holy Night, on this Christmas Eve, I invite you to believe! Believe in the one who came at Christmas as Christ to save. And may your belief make you overflow with thanksgiving so that the love, generosity, and devotion that has been given to you might be shared with others through you.
During this Advent season we are reminded of how Joseph and Mary willingly step out of their comfort zones and follow God’s call for their lives. While being nourished by God’s love and grace can bring us a comfort unlike no other, as Christians we are not called to just rest in that comfort, but […]
Celebrating traveling to “the Father’s house” for Jesus’ Holy family and our families.
This is the first Sunday in 2015. It is fitting then today that we remember that in Christ the Word became flesh and lived among us, and this Living Word was the light of all people. I pray that in the coming year we might be able to listen for the address of the Living […]
Using Matthew 2, the preacher maintains that the glow of Christmas must have the next part of the story to understand what it means that Jesus saves.That is the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt and the response of Herod to the Messiah’s birth.
Today we celebrate the birth of Jesus, who is the light of the world. He helps us to see things in a new light so that we know how to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves. Merry Christmas!
On the 12th day of Christmas our good Lord gave to us John 1:1-18! Here is food for imaginitive AND logical thought! Included is a reference to church father Origen and his description of God.
We are the messengers of good news, not only during this Christmas season but throughout the year. May we be so bold as to live God’s story in our homes and in our schools, in our work and in our world, so that others might know the joy of God with us and the joy […]
Pastor Bill presents a special message to the children at the Family Service. Also included as part of the sermon was the video posted below: [youtube id=”BFLeiP0g6_0″]
This sermon is an allegory of the Joseph and Mary story, which is Matthew’s christmas story. What would Joeseph do? Merideth and Julias have been married 30 years, yet Merideth has a love that makes Julius very jealous. What would Julius do?