Special thanks to Kathy Wheeler for preaching for me in the morning of Christmas Eve.  This is Advent 4 and the key word for the morning was expectation.  Again, thank you to Kathy for filling in for me.  

This is my Christmas Eve reflection.  Bonhoeffer meets Ebenezer Scrooge with a little help from other sources.  

My thoughts to our Community Celebration with Crescent Ridge Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS).

I am indebted to this article HERE for some of my thoughts.  Plus a conversation with Roberta Shimensky and a wonderful eNote I received from a Choir Member.    

I do say 13th Century when I really meant 14th Century but ... 

The Reverend Mario Alejandre returning to Hilltop to close out our Stewardship Campaign for 2017.  Mario is a Lutheran who sounds like a Methodist.  Gifted.  Truly.  

We got a guest preacher from 3,000 years ago this Sunday.  Amos himself.  

There are some electronic burps ... not sure why ... 

Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters ...

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

There is some electronic burping in the recording.  Not sure what happened.

Christ the King Sunday.  The last Sunday in the Church Year.