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 learned that she…
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…
December 7, 2013
by Steve Olson Make way make way! It’s the King Where is He? Where is He? I don’t see Him. A man, a woman, pass on a donkey and I do not see Him He’s right there! Make way! Where, where is this King who will make straight the paths and level mountains? We need such a King! Look there He IS! Where? All I see is a pig sty. All I smell is manure. The man and the woman…