Pastor’s Blog

Our Sunday morning Adult Education Class and Thursday morning Calvin Group recently finished Harvey Cox’s, The Future of Faith, where Dr. Cox predicts that in…

What better way to begin the year than with Jesus’ first public preaching found in this weeks Lectionary reading in Mark 1:15, Time’s up, God’s…

In this weeks Lectionary reading for Sunday there are three references to sacred places. In 1 Samuel 3:1-10 it is the Temple, in John 1:43-51…

In the Acts 19:1-7 lectionary passage for this Sunday, St. Paul encounters a dozen followers of Jesus who were baptized into repentance through John the…

The Lectionary readings for the First Sunday in 2009 are full of grace, especially Ephesians 1:3-14 and John 1:10-18. What do you make of grace…

Here are the readings for this Second Week of Advent: Monday: Zechariah 6:12-13 Tuesday: Micah 5:2-4 Wednesday: Malachi 3:1-6 Thursday: John 1:1-8 Friday: John 1:9-18…

More than any other activity, Advent can restore Jesus to the center of Christmas by reading and studying the Biblical passages related to Christ’s coming.…

A few of you agreed with my last blog that Advent is worth the wait primarily because it’s penitent, patient invitation is a welcome correction…

Advent, which begins on Sunday, November 30th this year, is the most unpopular liturgical season. One problem is that most Christians don’t know what Advent…