Thursday, December 24, 2009

Musings on the Daily Lectionary

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"Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way." So begins Matthew's "Christmas story" which doesn'...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Musings on the Daily Lectionary

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In today's gospel, Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, gets his turn to prophesy. His tongue loosed after the naming of John, he utt...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Musings on the Daily Lectionary

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Juliet asks, "What's in a name?" in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Today's gospel reading is about a name. After th...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Sunday Sermon - "Visualizing God's Future"

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Deacons' Christmas Baskets

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Each year, the Deacons of our congregation organize a huge effort to provide food and gifts to needy families. This year, boxes filled with...

Musings on the Daily Lectionary

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Today's gospel reading from Luke was also the reading for the fourth Sunday in Advent. It tells of Mary's visit to her cousin Eliza...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Visualizing God's Future

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In the Magnificat, Mary takes the role of prophet, singing a song that describes the shape of God's coming new day. The song invites us ...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Musings on the Daily Lectionary

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I've often been perplexed by the parables of judgment Jesus tells. We hear another one today. In some of the last teachings before his...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Musings on the Daily Lectionary

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Today's reading in Matthew has Jesus speaking of the proper pose for his followers until he returns. "Blessed is that slave whom ...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Musings on the Daily Lectionary

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Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous. Praise befits the upright. Praise the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten st...
Monday, December 14, 2009

Vivaldi's Gloria

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This clip contains the first five parts of the the cantata "Gloria," by Antonio Vivaldi, performed by the Chancel choir of Bouleva...

Sunday Sermon - "Fruitful Lives - New Stories"

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A sermon from Luke 3:7-18. Donald Miller writes that the same things that make a movie or story memorable or meaningful also work for ...