Read the Lectionary Texts Like yours, our mailbox at home is starting to fill up with beautiful Christmas cards. But I’ve noticed something! You don’t see very many John the Baptist Christmas cards! Do you? In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a John the Baptist Christmas card. Oh, there are plenty of Christmas cards with bells, or snowflakes, or manger scenes, or wise men, or candy canes, or angels, or Santa Claus, or reindeer…but when was the last time you opened the mail and were greeted by a card with a picture of John the Baptist? Long, shaggy hair that had probably never [READ MORE]

Read the Lectionary Texts When Jesus spoke the words that are reported in the 13th chapter of Mark’s Gospel, he did so in response to the disciples’ burning question…”When?” When will right finally triumph over wrong? When will the things that are broken be made whole? When will peace and justice be finally established? When will God’s kingdom come? Jesus had taught these disciples to pray for the day when heaven will come to earth: “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven…” And [READ MORE]