Sunday 19 January 2020The Second Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 49:1-7 Most scholars agree that the Book of the Prophet Isaiah isn’t written by just one author. In fact, it was probably written over the span of a few hundred years. … Continue reading
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Sunday 12 January 2020Baptism of the Lord Matthew 3:13-17 Today we celebrate the holiday called Baptism of the Lord. It’s based on one of the key stories of the life and ministry of Jesus. It’s one of the few stories … Continue reading
Ephesians 1:3-14 Today is the twelfth day of Christmas, the last day in the Christmas season. Tonight is twelfth night, a phrase that is known to us today mostly because of Shakespeare’s play called Twelfth Night. But in Shakespeare’s time, … Continue reading
Sunday 29 December 2019The Fifth Day of Christmas, The First Sunday of Christmas Matthew 2:13-23 The reading from Matthew that we have this morning comes at a bit of a strange time. Next week, on January 6th, we celebrate the … Continue reading
Tuesday 24 December 2019Christmas Eve Luke 2:1-20 The Gospel of Luke puts the story of Jesus’s birth within the context of empire. At the very beginning of the passage we hear about Caesar Augustus, who rules over and collects taxes … Continue reading
Sunday 22 December 2019The Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25 “A young woman is pregnant and is about to give birth to a son, and she will name him Immanual.” These are famous words of the Prophet Isaiah, … Continue reading
Sunday 15 December 2019The Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35:1-10 The thirty-fifth chapter of Isaiah begins: “The desert and the dry land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom like the crocus.” I am not a gardener, but … Continue reading
Sunday 8 December 2019The Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11:1-10 The passage this morning from Isaiah is one of the best known in Isaiah, and it’s one of the better known passages in the entire bible. It’s often referred to … Continue reading
Sunday 1 December 2019The First Sunday of Advent Romans 13:11-14 There were two men in a village, a tall man and a short man; they were neighbors. This was many years ago, before electricity. If people needed heat, they relied … Continue reading
Sunday 17 November 2019The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 33C Isaiah 65:17-25 New heavens and a new earth. It sounds quite a lot like another bible text we know. Revelation 21: “Then I saw a new heaven and a new … Continue reading