Year: 2019

This week we will encounter Jesus twelve years after that first Christmas. Zero to twelve in five days. Wow! That was quick. Brace yourself. Next week, we are going in the “way back machine” and will see Jesus as a baby when the Wise Men come to visit the new born king. But, this week,… Continue reading About the Father’s Business

Isaiah 52:7-10 (CEB)   The next reading is the familiar one from Luke, the story of the birth of Jesus. It is a story that changed everything for those who were witnesses. Do you remember the feeling you may have had in moments, events or revelations that changed your life, your outlook, your trajectory forever?… Continue reading The Lord Is Come: Incarnate Joy

Isaiah 7:13-15 (CEB)   As I mentioned earlier, this is the fourth Sunday of Advent, we are almost at Christmas, and we are actually starting to talk about the birth of Jesus. One of the wonderful things about the way the Bible is set up with four Gospels is that we get to see things… Continue reading Make the Nations Prove: Peaceful Joy

Isaiah 35:1-10   We are in our third week of Advent, where we anticipate the coming of Christ. We have been working our way  backwards. We started with Jesus’ return, the Second Coming. Last week, we listened to John the Baptist as he encouraged people to prepare for adult Jesus and the beginning of his earthly… Continue reading Repeat the Sounding Joy: Loving Joy

Isaiah 11:1-10 (CEB)    For our primary Scripture passage today, we will be spending a little time with John the Baptist, a herald of the coming of Jesus on the scene in his public ministry. He is very different from the heavenly host that will sing on the night of Jesus’ birth, but in this time… Continue reading Repeat the Sounding Joy: Loving Joy