(Chad Brekke) Christmas is more than a favorite fairy tale, more than magic. Beauty and truth will find us in the darkness of this holy night.

Song: All is Well Cover by Lydia Brekke, Amy Courts, & Paul Koopman

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(Chad Brekke) I’m not sure if you have noticed, but there are a lot of snakes in the bible—a lot. My wife Lori does not approve! From the garden of Eden to Isaiah’s prophecy, to the thundering preaching of John the Baptist. Today is the second Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of peace. Be warned, there are snakes, but there is also a reason for hope and a vision of peace. Breathe.

Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12

Song: Winter Blossom by Cora Zea

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(Natalia Terfa) Today marks the beginning of Advent, the start of a new year in the church, and a reminder that no matter what is happening around us, in the world and in our homes, God is at work - renewing, redeeming, and being reborn in all of it.

Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5

Song: Winter Blossom by Cora Zea

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(Chad Brekke) Sometimes we don’t feel good about ourselves. Sometimes we even have trouble feeling worthy of love. There is something about the love of Christ that makes us precious, no matter how we may happen to feel at any given moment.

Henry

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Scripture: Colossians 1:11-20

Song: Golden Rules by Luwaks

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(Natalia Terfa) This bit of scripture can often be seen as a roadmap for how to predict the end of the world. And let’s be honest, if it were, things would feel pretty bleak right now. But if we look a little closer, we see that it’s about something different, something better, something more. It’s about what is left when everything falls apart.

Scripture: Luke 21:5-19

Song: 21st of May by Nickel Creek

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(Chad Brekke) …this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people... 

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Song: Tea Tree by Jobii

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(Natalia Terfa) On this Reformation Sunday, it’s a good time to look at the foundation of our faith, and remind ourselves that our insecurities don’t change a thing about God and God’s love for us. 

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Song: Tree Tops by Autohacker

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(Chad Brekke) Bono sings in a U2 song: If Coke, is a mystery, Michael Jackson, history, if beauty is truth, and surgery, the fountain of youth… what am I to do, do I have the gifts to get me through, the gates of that mansion? song’s metaphor wrestles with some of the same issues raised by the story Jesus tells this Sunday about a respected religious leader and a despised traitor. How can we be sure we have what it takes to make it through the gates of heaven?

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Song: In Heaven by A Month of Sleep

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(Natalia Terfa) We all know the feeling. That middle of the night anxiety, worry, fear, or grief that wakes you up and keeps you up. 16th-century poet St John of the Cross called it the dark night of the soul. Jacob is having one of those nights. But God is there too, and the wrestling begins.

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31

Song: Why Did I by Hatamitsunami

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