In Anxious Times…
February 2, 2025
The Presentation of Jesus, The Purification of Mary
Luke 2:22-40; Hebrews 2:14-18
Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
1 “The man in the Hole” Story, West Wing episode: “Noel,” Released in U.S. December 20, 2000, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Director: Thomas Schlamme, Writers: Aaron Sorkin and Peter Parnell.
Child of Adam, Child of God
January 12, 2025
1st Sunday After Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Photo by: Ron Sherman
Sources:
1 Carol Lakey Hess, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Theological Perspective”, Feasting on the Word:
Year C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara
Brown Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7803.
2 Ibid. Locations 7813, 7815 and 7836.
3 Ernest Hess, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Homiletic Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year C,
Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7964.
4 Robert M. Brearley, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Pastoral Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year
C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7866.
.
Unnamed Yet Known To God
December 24, 2024
Christmas Eve
Luke 2:1-20
Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
1 David French, “The Trouble Began when #MeToo Became #ChurchToo,” New York Times,
December 15, 2024, Accessed 12/24/2024:
http://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/opinion/metoo-trump-hegseth-churchtoo.html
Hope in Times of Turmoil
December 1, 2024
Church of the Servant
First Sunday of Advent
Advent 1 - Year C
Luke 21:25-36; Jeremiah 33:14-16
Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
[1] Mariam J. Kamell, “Luke 21:25-36 Exegetical Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 897.
[2] Brad Stulberg, “How Not to Fall Into Despair”, New York Times, 11/29/2024, Accessed 11/30/2024: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/opinion/tragic-optimism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
jodygreenwood 