A05: The Nativity of the Lord, Year A (2022)
December 19, 2022
“Nearly fifty years ago, the astronauts on board the Apollo 17 spacecraft took a photograph known as the ‘blue marble.’…This was the first clear image of the planet Earth floating in the inky black vastness...
A04: The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A (2022)
December 12, 2022
“Grief comes before joy. In today’s story… and in so much of life. Our reading today tells the story of Christmas, but it’s not the story we know and love,” begins David Lose, Senior Pastor...
A03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year A (2022)
December 5, 2022
“What I think most people find compelling about Nelson Mandela’s life is the twenty-seven years he spent in prison serving what was supposed to be a life sentence for speaking out against the oppression and...
A02: The Second Sunday of Advent, Year A (2022)
November 28, 2022
“By the end of the twentieth century, over 130 million people died in war. And then came 9/11. Our country initiated a ‘global war on terror.’…There have been wars in Africa and wars in the...
A01: The First Sunday of Advent, Year A (2022)
November 21, 2022
“It’s the First Sunday of Advent again. What does that even mean? Advent is about waiting for something important. The word Advent just means coming or arrival. We’re waiting for Jesus to arrive. Actually, we’re...