Year B (Advent 7 – A 7-Week Advent) 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… It may take only a little bit of preparation to do most things… but when it comes to some other things… it may take a lot of preparation… ...
Year B (Advent 5- A 7-week Advent) Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… In early 1965… the British group The Kinks… released their song Tired of Waiting… some of you may remember that the lyrics describe a woman… who keeps her boyfriend waiting… ...
Year A – Advent 1 (A 7-week Advent) Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 Psalm 78:1-7 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Asherah… Baal… Marduk… Tiamat… Shamash… Ishtar… these were some of the more significant ancient Near Eastern and Babylonian gods and goddesses about which we know… the old gods… even...
Year C Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Things seem tenuous. They seemed tenuous to Abram too… it had been years since God promised to make of him a great nation… and he continued childless… and he wondered… would the heir of his house be...