Near As the Leaf on a Tree
Leaves are swirling in the wind as I write, and tight buds for next year are visible against the naked sky. Darkness is coming earlier and cold keeps us inside. The slow work of winter curls inward as Advent begins. It is a season for hibernation and gestation too. Gayle Boss has become my guide […]
Direct and to the Point
For Sunday, December 18, 2016 – Matthew 1:18-25 Don’t you appreciate people who get right to the point without embellishment or meandering down countless trails? When they tell a story, they tell it in the most direct way possible. When they preach, they use fancy language only as seasoning, not substance, avoiding sentences like, “The […]
What Are You Doing?
For Sunday, December 11, 2016 – Matthew 11:2-11 During this season of your life, what are you doing? What are you expecting? Where will you go for fulfillment? What are you likely to find there? What is John the Baptist doing? Once a popular reformer drawing crowds to the wilderness with his fiery call to […]
Disturbed by God
For Sunday, December 4, 2016 – Matthew 3:1-12 – Matthew 3:1-12 Followers of Jesus do not think alike. Why does it surprise us when we learn we are divided on many issues? Maybe it is because we segregate ourselves according to theological understandings and differences in class, race, styles of worship, levels of education, and we begin […]
