
What Mary DID Know
A few weeks ago, I got into a good-natured exchange on Facebook with a member of this congregation, as well as the bishop of our Synod, about my take on the popular Christmas song Mary, Did You Know. It started when I posted this – I’ll admit - slightly snarky meme: The pushback was thoughtful, pointing out that there were almost certainly elements of what would unfold that Mary did not know and could never have predicted at the beginning of the story. That, in fact, it would


Preparing the Way
A Sermon on Mark 1:1-8 [for an audio recording of this sermon, click here. Photo by by Gabriel Sanchez on Unsplash] Happy second Sunday of Advent! I love the timing of Advent as the context in which to share the beautiful ritual of welcoming Anelise to the life of faith. Her precious life reminds us of the position we all share. We all live our lives in this blessed, but transitional space between the promise of all the good that God wills for us, and the final fulfillment o