Note that Jesus comes to Nazareth in the power of the Spirit. He had actually been strengthened by the experience of his wilderness encounter with evil. He has gone out…
This Sunday’s appointed Gospel, John’s account of the wedding at Cana, is unique to the fourth Gospel. It is the first of Jesus’s seven “signs.” A sign is something that points to something else, something else of greater significance. We are to look at the sign and have…
There is a heavenly voice, and the Holy Spirit descends. It says that heaven is breaking open and the voice of God, known only indirectly through scripture and the words of the prophets of…
While originally written to bless and guide Solomon’s reign as Christians we see this royal psalm pointing us to the even bigger picture. To the reign of the once and…
This Sunday’s Gospel lesson is a narrative display of the truth of the incarnation: Jesus Christ is fully human (a child with parents, someone who grows and develops as we…
We live in a dark world. Everywhere we look, there seems to be pain and brokenness. Unfortunately, we can’t heal or save ourselves. There is nothing we can do to…
We live in a dark world. Everywhere we look, there seems to be pain and brokenness. Unfortunately, we can’t heal or save ourselves. There is nothing we can do to…
This Sunday, as we find ourselves on the eve of the nativity, we will want to join Mary and Elizabeth and joyfully celebrating the wonder that our God has come…
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by…
We have characterized Advent as a season of preparation. And yet, there is a sense in which we can’t prepare for Christ’s advent into our world and into our lives…