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2019-12-08

Second Sunday of Advent

Christmas is coming! The light is coming! Jesus is coming! Today’s Gospel reading, from Matthew 3, verses 1 through 12, tells about John the Baptist’s preaching. John calls people to repentance, as he calls them to prepare the way for the coming of Jesus: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!” “You brood […]

2019-03-17

Agendas. Gods or Yours

Agenda. Agenda is a common word in modern day English, and I am supposing that most languages have an equivalent word that is also widely used in this 21st century. Perhaps the first question to be asked is, “What is an agenda?” One definition that I looked up defined ‘agenda’ as: a list, plan, outline, […]

2018-05-06

I give a new commandment

Just a few weeks ago we read other passages from this same section of John’s Gospel.  For this section was a part of the Maundy Thursday reading.  In fact the commandment that Jesus gives in these verses today is the very reason that Holy Thursday is named, ‘Maundy.’  ‘Maundy’ and mandate are related words, coming […]

2017-09-11

The Huge Debt of Love

I have started up ALC’s Confirmation ministry again for this coming year. We are going to be learning about the hallmarks of our faith, using scriptures from the Bible, and coming to understand: the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, the Sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, the Apostle’s Creed, and how we live our Christian […]