Category: Advent

Advent 2, 2021

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I worked most closely with Luke 3.1-6.

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Hope And Revolution, Advent 2020

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I didn’t love the Magnificat, Mary’s Song, until seminary. But ever since then I’ve only fallen further and further in love with the depth of Mary’s vision and hope. Aside from being deeply revolutionary and hopeful, it’s also deeply faithful. And, I think, offers us a faithful perspective to consider as we begin to rebuild […]

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We Will Come Again with Joy, Advent 2020

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I rarely preach from the psalms, but the hope, longing, and faith in Psalm 126 were so grounding for me this week. I also had in my mind a note about the joys I have found with St Paul’s in the midst of this long hard year. Because amid all of the frustrations and complications […]

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Gather us as Lambs, Lord Advent 2020

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This passage is, for me, so deeply tied to Advent. This year, Isaiah is deepening as I read it in the middle of a pandemic. I worked most closely with Isaiah 40.1-11.

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Come Down Lord, Advent 2020

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I love Advent. It is a season that invites us to hope that God is not only still active in our world but will again join us in our world when Jesus returns. The plea in Isaiah for God to act in a world that is unjust sits so poignantly in the middle of the […]

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Fear Not, Advent 2019

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I love Joseph.  We get such a tiny tantalizing snippet of his story.  Outside of the figurines in nativity sets, we can completely ignore him.  But today I got to spend some time with him. I worked most closely with Matthew 1.18-25 (link). Listen:

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Patience, Advent 2019

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In Advent we wait.  We remember the waiting before Jesus’s birth.  We wait for Jesus’s return.  The most common advice I’ve heard while waiting is to be patient.  But I don’t think Advent, or faith, work quite like that. The lessons can be found here (link).  I worked most closely with James 5.7-10. Listen:

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