December 10, 2013
by Rev. Julie G. Hutson A Reflection on Isaiah 41: 14-21 Although I am far away from you, beloved community, I imagine that there are more than a few of us who are thinking about Christmas gifts. What will we give to those we love that might adequately epress that love? As a child I used to go to the local drugstore (Winton’s Rexall Drugs) and buy my father a bottle of…
December 9, 2013
Advent Hymn – Unexpected and Mysterious Text: Jeannette M. Lindholm, b. 1961 Unexpected and mysterious is the gentle word of grace. Everloving and sustaining is the peace of God’s embrace. If we falter in our courage and we doubt what we have known, God is faithful to console us as a mother tends her own. In a momentary meeting of eternity and time, Mary…
December 8, 2013
by Rev. Julie G. Hutson A Reflection on Isaiah 11: 1-10 Isaiah speaks of the wolf living with the lamb, the leopard lying down with the kid and the calf and the lion and the fatling together. In our house, it was the dachshund and the retriever who had to learn to co-exist. Of course, what Isaiah prophesies is the upside down kingdom of God. And it is not the place…