Jeremiah 33:14-16 Let’s sing a little Christmas song together, just to get ourselves re-energized after an exhausting Thanksgiving holiday. We wish you a merry Christmas! We wish you a merry Christmas! We wish you a merry Christmas! And a happy New Year! Great! We’ll sing that again in a moment, but before we do, let’s share an ancient Advent tradition. It is customary on the first Sunday of Advent for people in church to turn to those they love and give them a nice Advent kiss. So turn to the ones you love right now – either relatives or [READ MORE]

Mark 13:24-37 (With A Chrismon Service) Today is the First Sunday in Advent, and we join the disciples of Jesus in every time and place asking a most important question. When? In today’s reading from Mark, the question has to do with when the Kingdom of God will finally come. When will the world finally be made right? When will the unjust power of both Rome and the Temple be broken and the people set free? When, Lord? In our day, we’re asking the same question. In the wake of the senseless violence typified by the hotel bombing in Kenya this week, we ask the [READ MORE]