This week we celebrate Epiphany in the life of the church, the celebration of the revealing of Jesus’ birth to the nations beyond Judea, beyond…

It was in the year 1223, almost 800 years ago, that the first nativity scene appeared at Christmastime.  St. Bonaventure tells the story in his…

Introduction There is a passage from Paul’s Letter to the Philippians that is often read on this Fourth Sunday of Advent.  Some have called it…

Well, here we are on the Third Sunday of Advent, a little less than two weeks before Christmas.  It’s an unusual year to say the…

Six centuries before the birth of Jesus, God’s people dreamt of going home.  In 598 BC, Jerusalem was sacked, and the Temple destroyed, and following…

To offer some background of our passage today, the Israelites have lived in Egypt for 430 years. Over those centuries the population of Israel swelled…

It seems to me like it’s been kind of a dizzying week.  High hopes for a vaccine are updated daily, but for most of us,…

This great parable that Jesus tells in the 25th chapter of Matthew is better understood if we first say what it is not about.  For…

Once again this week, I had an experience that seems unique to this strange time of pandemic.  I had planned to work on my sermon…

Scripture: Matthew 12:1-12.   The scripture readings may be found at the end of the sermon. This is a written transcription of the video message Jana…