Category: Sermons

Improv Pageant: Telling the Story of Hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6cQxiSlIMc Luke 1:46-55, Luke 1:67-80 NRSVUE Online Bulletin for Sunday Worship

How Does A Weary World Rejoice? We Allow Ourselves to be Amazed

Luke 1:57-66 Watch on YouTube Prepare to be amazed and awed… Awww.  Isn’t she cute?  This is our puppy Indie on the day we got her.  She was just under two months old. She and her brother Doug, our other puppy, are one year old today.  Puppies and kittens and babies tend to make us ...

A Special Advent Service of Worship for the Weary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXwKp8lRKFE

How does a weary world rejoice? We find joy in connection

Watch on YouTube Luke 1:24-45 There are some important lessons that I have learned so far in life: Never ever miss a chance to pee. If you walk with a confident stride people are less likely to stop you and you can go places you aren’t supposed to be. If you have your nose in ...

How does a weary world rejoice?  Acknowledging Our Weariness

In the beautiful carol "O Holy Night" we sing "A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices." The complicated and beautiful reality is that weariness and sadness can coexist with joy.  We don't have to suppress one emotion to have the other.  Our joy is rooted in the fact that we belong to God, so we can acknowledge the weariness of our world while celebrating God's closeness with great joy.