Scripture: Luke 1:57-80 Dear Church, This Advent we are working our way through the story of Zechariah. After a long life of righteous faithfulness, the Lord sent an angel to announce that he would pl

Scripture: Luke 1:39-56 Dear Church, After the glory of last Sundays cantata, we are resuming our Advent journey through Zechariahs story. We met the elderly priest Zechariah as he served at the a

Scripture: Luke 1:1-24 Dear Church, In the time of Herod king of Judeathere was a priest named Zechariah Luke begins his gospel acknowledging that there are already many other written records of

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-12, 24-29 Dear Church, As I sit in a coffee shop working on this letter to you, the woman at the next table is reading intensely. Shes underlining and taking notes and pausing

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-12, 21-23 Dear Church, When I am confused and scared and discouraged, I run to the promises of Jesus. I remind myself that he said, All those the Father gives me will come to

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-12, 15-20 Dear Church, Sometimes the words of Jesus soothe, and sometimes they sear. This Sunday, we will pick up where we left off last week in the sermon on the mount and co

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-14 Dear Church, Theres an old Spiritual that contains the line Everybody talking about Heaven aint going there. I think the only proper response to that isooof. It seems

Scripture: Luke 12:1 & 13-31 Dear Church, Two brothers came to Jesus desperate for his help. And after listening to their plea, he said: No. No way, Im not helping you. I dont want anything to do w

Scripture: Leviticus 25:1-24; 35-38 Dear Church, The summer before I headed off to college, I told my youth pastor that I wanted to read the entire Bible. He said, thats greatbut dont waste your

Scripture: Exodus 16:1-18 Dear Church, Gather as much as each of you needs Those were the instructions that Moses gave the children of Israel on the night before God fed them with mannathe bread o