Advent Hope 2.0
December 7, 2025
2nd Sunday of Advent Year A
Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12
Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
1) Sean Winter, Fran Barber, Robyn Whitaker, “Episode A102 Advent 2: Isaiah 11:1-10 with
Sean Winter,” By the Well Podcast, November 24, 2019. Accessed 12/05/2025:
https://bythewell.com.au/episodes/a102-advent-2-isaiah-111-10-with-sean-winter
2) Robert C. Wright, “Not Optimism,” For Faith: A Weekly devotional from Bishop Rob Wright,
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, December 5, 2025, Accessed 12/05/2025:
https://episcopalatlanta.org/for-faith/not-optimism/.
3) Fleming Rutledge, “God’s Cut-and-Fill Operation,” Advent: The Once and Future
Coming of Jesus Christ. Eerdmans, 2018, Kindle edition, Page 291, Location 5503
iv Ibid. Page 292, Location 5516.
Hope Unshuttered
December 4, 2022
Church of the Servant
2nd Sunday of Advent - Year A Matthew 3:1-12; Romans 15:4-13 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
[A] Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” Poetry Foundation website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42889/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-314 Accessed December 2,2022.
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