Advent 2B Isaiah 40:1-11, 2 Peter 3:8-15, Mark 1:1-8 Prepare the way of the Lord! Prepare! What on earth does that mean? I feel like we should all be scrambling around making something but I’m not sure what. Every time I hear that word “prepare” associated with the church, I think about a scene from…
Christ the King Year A, November 20 2011 Matthew 25:31-46 Hail, Sons and Daughters of the King! Let us rejoice this day, for today is Christ the King Sunday. It is the day when Christians all around the world celebrate and commemorate the one true king – the king of the universe.– Jesus the Christ,…
Pentecost 22A, Sunday before Christ the King Each year on the Sunday before Christ the King I preach on the church year. As a child, I never realized the ever returning story that the church year tells us. Perhaps it is because Presbyterians (which I was as a child) do not put emphasis on such…
Reform: Verb: to change to a better state, improve by alteration, substitution or abolition, to cause to abandon wrong or evil way of life, to put an end to an action, to correct, to better, to amend, to repair, to restore. To form again. The year was 1415. A priest stood in a cathedral before…
A few times lately I have made reference to the fact that my mother passed away in September. Actually, I despise that phrase: passed away. Makes it sound so benign and innocent. She was peacefully at rest when she “passed away” but I do not believe for a moment that death itself is sweet, innocent or benign.…
Shepherdess Writes 