Jan 13, 2019 | Sermons, Worship
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. In a new movie, a teenage girl finds an old, beat up, yellow Volkswagen Beetle in a scrapyard. She decides that she wants the car, so she asks the scrapyard owner if it’s for sale....
Jan 6, 2019 | Sermons, Worship
The sermon text for the Epiphany of Our Lord is from Matthew 2:11 [11] And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh....
Dec 31, 2018 | Sermons, Worship
Already, morning news shows have featured the celebrations in Australia and New Zealand, complete with revelers counting down, and then fireworks being set off at the moment of midnight. I heard that drinking establishments all across the land expect to do brisk...
Dec 30, 2018 | Sermons, Worship
Some years ago, an immigrant family had arrived in America. Shortly after, the father got a job working in a factory. As Christmas came around, the company treated the factory workers to a Christmas party (at the time they didn’t have to say “holiday party”),...
Dec 25, 2018 | Sermons, Worship
In the name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. For most of human history, when a woman announced that she was with child, everyone had to wait until the child was born to be able to see the child. The unborn child was, in that...
Dec 23, 2018 | Sermons, Worship
The sermon text for the 4th Sunday in Advent is from Micah 5:2 [2] But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient...
