On this fourth Sunday in the season of Advent we will again listen to the story that gives sense and meaning to all the holiday festivities. In our reading from…
In our reading today the angel Gabriel visits Mary to deliver her an incredible Word. Mary listens to the Word. She hears it and she believes. In this season of…
Today is the first Sunday in Advent. In our reading from Luke 1:1-25 an elderly priest named Zechariah listens to a word from the Lord. Revival does not begin with…
This week we look at another Pre-Advent text in the Calling of Abraham. God chooses this man to form the nation by whom the Christ will be born. A promise…
Do we listen? Can we hear? Our text for today is from Genesis 11:1-9 where we read about a building project gone wrong. The Tower of Babel is a picture…
This morning we welcome Pastor Jim Poelman as he leads us in our worship. His text will be from John 9:1-41 and the title of the sermon is “Seeing God…
This week we look at the other person in the Bible who finds himself floating in an ark. Baby Moses is placed in a basket on the Nile River as…
Today we conclude our reading of the story of Noah in Genesis 9:18-29. The final scene is not what we might expect. Noah disappoints us. However, as a man of…
Noah and his family, and all the animals who were with him, have come out of the ark. They stand on a cleansed earth, ready to begin a new life.…