The gospel writer John uses the word “testimony” to describe the baptizer John. He was a man sent from God as a witness, a witness to the light: Jesus, the Word of God made flesh. The baptizer John witnessed to the truth that he knew
We are the Light on the Ridge proclaiming the love of Jesus in thought, word, and deed
We are the Light on the Ridge proclaiming the love of Jesus in thought, word, and deed
Sermons on Love (Page 3)
The gospel writer Mark identifies John as the messenger going before Jesus, one who cries out in the wilderness and prepares the way of the Lord, as Isaiah described it in chapter 40. When the people who came to see John confessed their sins, and repented of them, it was part of making “straight in…
Today is the beginning of Advent. “Advent” means “the coming” in Latin. In the church season of Advent, we look forward to the coming of our God, in human form.
In today’s gospel, at the end of Jesus’ teaching, he gives a pop quiz. Well, he doesn’t actually give the pop quiz. He announces the scores of the pop quiz that has already been given – when the test-ees didn’t even know they were being tested.
We have a heavenly Parent who has provided for us. And for the world. In the Psalm we prayed, “May God’s face shine upon us, that Your way may be known upon earth, and your saving power among all nations.” The psalmist knew that when God’s face shined, blessings abounded.
God sends the rain and snow to water the earth to accomplish God’s great purpose: providing food. Seeds for those who sow seeds, which grow into plants and fruits and grain, harvested and made into bread for us who eat.
We who are God’s people have special responsibilities to the truth: to seek it out and to speak it. Kindly, if at all possible.
Goodness is what today’s readings are all about. God brings about goodness through God’s ordering of creation.
You can guide where water is poured, at times, but you can’t determine the exact path each molecule will take. It will trickle this way one time, another way the next. When each of us were baptized, the pastor called on God’s Holy Spirit to be poured out on us.
How can we know such a hidden God? Do we wait for the clouds to part, so we can catch a glimpse?