The hymn, "O, Come, O Come, Emmanuel", describes our life as lonely exile. the Biblical echoes from Israel to Joseph fit us perfectly. The chorus calls us to joy, however, the joy of a God who comes into our exile to bring us home. 

John the Baptist wondered if Jesus was the one. Was it worth it, all John had gone through? We might wonder the same thing. Jesus answers. 

Sometimes it is hard to have hope. But Isaiah points to a time coming when strange wonderful things will happen. He points to Christ and invites us to hope. (Isaiah 11)

No one wants to be forgotten. We call out to God, "Don't forget about us!" Jesus answers us from the cross. Luke 23: 34-43.

When things end, what do you trust in, turn to? When the world ends, what will there be? We need things that really last.  

The story in Exodus 3 of the Lord coming to Moses in a burning bush teaches us about how God acts, a God who comes down, who comes to save us in Christ and in the places he appears to us now. 

God calls us his children. But we don't act like children of God and our lives don't feel like that is true. There in that distance between God's promise and our reality is where His love shines the greatest. Text: 1 John 3:1-3.

This is the question of the Reformation. Who is the star of your Christian life? You or Jesus? 

It is easy when God does answers our prayers. But what about when he doesn't? Latest sermon.

What did leprosy feel like? Not the itchiness but the distance, the isolation, the being apart. A sermon on Luke 17: 1-10.