Expecting to Treasure the Despised
A sermon on Luke 2:1-20 For an audio recording of this sermon, click here. Photo: The Nativity by Gari Melchers Throughout the season of Advent, our community here at Abiding Peace has been exploring of theme of how God’s revelation in the stories of Jesus and those who prepared the way for him can shape our holy expectations. Jesus’s teaching about the unknowable-ness of what will happen on the final Day of the Lord, reminds us to expect to not be in control. Whether it i
Expecting a Healing Repentance
A sermon on Matthew 3:1-12 [for an audio recording of this sermon, click here. Photo by SOULSANA on Unsplash.] I had a conversation earlier this week with a member of our congregation in which we shared that we had similar feelings about one of the words from today’s gospel. This made me wonder if this is a more widely shared phenomenon in our particular community. If you’re willing, please raise your hand if you generally have a bit of flinch or cringe or otherwise negative
Expecting to Not Be In Control
A sermon on Matthew 24:36-44 and Romans 13:11-14. [for an audio recording of this sermon, click here . Photo by Joan Tran on Unsplash .] It’s a pretty common idea that the college years are, at least in part, a time for self-discovery: a time to figure out who you are and what you want your life to look like. But I’m wondering… has anyone ever heard that same idea of self-discovery is part of the parental journey when we send our kids off? I’m curious because I did not expec