Texts: First Reading Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 147:1-11, 20c Second Reading 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Gospel Mark 1:29-39 Manuscript: My first Sunday in this church was Transfiguration Sunday, which, last year,… Read More »Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: February 7, 2021
Texts: First Reading Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm 111:1-10 Second Reading 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Gospel Mark 1:21-28 Manuscript: It is probably a good thing that I am preaching to a camera… Read More »Fourth Sunday after Epiphany: January 31, 2021
Texts: First Reading Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Psalm 62:5-12 Second Reading 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Gospel Mark 1:14-20 Manuscript: I expect many of you know the children’s Sunday School story version… Read More »Third Sunday after Epiphany: January 24, 2021
Texts: First Reading 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 Second Reading 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Gospel John 1:43-51 Manuscript: This is another week that has been hard to write.… Read More »Second Sunday after Epiphany: January 17, 2021
Texts: First Reading Jeremiah 31:7-14 Psalm 147:12-20 Second Reading Ephesians 1:3-14 Gospel John 1:(1-9) 10-18 Manuscript: A few weeks ago, the Session had a special meeting for the sole… Read More »Second Sunday of Christmas: January 3, 2021
Texts: First Reading 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Response Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 Second Reading Romans 16:25-27 Gospel Luke 1:26-38 Manuscript: I hope our call to worship this morning seemed, at… Read More »Fourth Advent: December 20, 2020
Texts: First Reading Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Gospel Luke 1:46b-55 Second Reading 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Gospel John 1:6-8, 19-28 Manuscript: I once heard a story about a Dutch Reform… Read More »Third Advent: December 13, 2020
Texts: First Reading Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 Second Reading 2 Peter 3:8-15a Gospel Mark 1:1-8 Manuscript: A voice cries out in the wilderness prepare the way of the… Read More »Second Advent: December 6, 2020
Texts: First Reading Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Second Reading 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Gospel Mark 13:24-37 Manuscript: Advent is, I always feel, an odd time. It’s a season often… Read More »First Advent: November 29, 2020
Texts: First Reading Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Psalm 100:1-5 Second Reading Ephesians 1:15-23 Gospel Matthew 25:31-46 Manuscript: Today is Christ the King Sunday, it is, as Maggie mentioned, the end… Read More »Christ the King Sunday: November 22, 2020