We are living in the gap between yesterday's Thanksgiving celebrations and the beginning of the church's new year which arrives this Sunday with the First Sunday of Advent. In this in-between time, most of what is being reported on concerns holiday shopping. It's hard to remain focused on the gratitude of Thanksgiving when it is … Continue reading Message: Give Thanks… →

“Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2) Twice in the last month I’ve preached on these words at memorial services for … Continue reading Message: As We Are →

“For freedom Christ has set us free,” writes Paul in his letter to the Galatians. It’s not one of the assigned texts for this Sunday – Reformation Sunday – but it applies nonetheless. Paul was speaking to a conflict that divided the early church: did newcomers to faith need to adopt the religious practices of … Continue reading Message: Letting Go of Holding On… →