Tag: Advent

  • Seth Martin on Fireweed and Advent

    The fireweed flower loves the hurting and dying places. It helps to heal the ground… During Advent, I want to remember that the frozen soil never forgets Spring. I want to never forget the light within, and the reality of Jesus in all life, and live into Heaven here and now, as it is, and…

  • We Are The Stargazers (Matthew 2:1-12)

    We Are The Stargazers (Matthew 2:1-12)

    Herod and The Theologians Our passage this morning presents two contrasting groups of people discerning the will of God. King Herod and the Theologians on one side and the “three wise men” or Magi on the other. The arrival of Jesus makes for a very real, very large scale, as in cosmically-sized, conflict that is…

  • Outline for a Candlelight Christmas Eve Worship Service

     Immanuel, God With Us. I enjoy putting together meditative worship services. A couple years back I posted this resource for using with a Christmas eve Candlelight Service. I have been working to make an updated one and since it’s just about complete I wanted to post it here for those of you who might be…

  • The Angel of No Going Back or the Day of Visitation (Luke 1:26-38)

    The Angel of No Going Back or the Day of Visitation (Luke 1:26-38)

    “Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.” (Luke 1:26–38 NRSV) The day of visitation Our text this morning gives us a glimpse into what early Quakers would call “a day of visitation.” “The basic idea of…

  • A (New) Family Portrait (Matthew 1)

    A (New) Family Portrait (Matthew 1)

    Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers, Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram, Aram had Amminadab, Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon, Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), Obed had Jesse, Jesse had…