God levels the playing field, making inroads into human life. While the advent of the Messiah is marked with hopeful expectation, preparing for His arrival is neither easy nor painless.…
[NO AUDIO] “The days are surely coming…” Such is the tone of Advent: that God will fulfill His promise to usher in a new order, where justice and righteousness prevail.…
“What is truth?” Pilate asks Jesus, offering a stark, this-worldly contrast to the cosmic, royal imagery of the other readings. We are told the Son of Man rides on the…
[NO AUDIO] In a sense, the clock is ticking—counting down the last weeks of the church year, but also reminding us of the promise of Christ’s return. God will intervene…
[NO AUDIO] On this day, one hundred years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a treaty was signed to end “the war to…
Love. Love God, love self, love your neighbor. That’s the gospel in a word: love. Both Jesus and the scribe can agree on that. “You are not far from the…
Things made right—Job’s status and fortunes are restored, the true priesthood reinstituted, a blind man’s sight recovered…and the church reformed—that’s what this day is all about. But in the throes…
He is called the Lord God Almighty for a reason. He stretches forth the heavens like a tent, sets the earth on its foundations, orchestrates the waters of the deep.…
[No Sermon Audio] Life can ask a lot of us. God asks for even more. Often, we cannot fathom the reasons behind life’s hardships, but like Job we are called…
There is a common theme in today’s lessons: connectedness. Once a relationship has been established, one should not break it off when something goes wrong. Job refuses to curse God…