Is 9:1-6, 10 Ti 2:11-14 Lk 2:1-14 An Unlikely Manager Scene I have to admit that if I take into consideration who I am with my sensitive nose, my dislike for the cold, my standoffishness for expected strangers asking me for things, I might not have found myself at the site of the birth of [...]

Is 35:1-6a, 10 Jas 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11 Miracles Great and Small The other day I sat with a man who was dying. I was told that he was dying and that he was afraid. You could tell by looking at him and listening to his breathing that he was working hard to hold his own. [...]

Is 11:1-10 Rom 15:4-9 Mt 3:1-12 My Favorite Flashlights This week I have been thinking about the concept of light and how this season of Advent invites us to open to the Christ light that we celebrate. It made me think about flashlights. I must admit it seems no matter what age I am I [...]

Is 2:1-5 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 “Come, let us climb the LORD’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” I grew up in Northeast Iowa. It is not known for its towering mountain peaks. For some “outsiders” they [...]