Luke 2:41-52 The parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem every year for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives…
Are there mornings when you wake up and the sunlight is pouring through your windows; you are looking forward to the day and can’t wait to get started? Everything seems perfect, nothing can go wrong; you want to praise God just for being alive! God has brought you to the beginning of another day…and another opportunity to almost luxuriate in this world that God has created! That was what I felt I first reviewed the readings for today! Joyfulness, and…
John 1:1-14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. There was a man sent from God,…
Are you feeling some Christmas spirit here this afternoon? “Christmas spirit” is a phrase we might hear a lot at this time of year, and I think it’s worth having a think about … and, there are all sorts of surprising places to learn a little bit about what Christmas Spirit might mean, and why it might be important for us. I wonder if you’ve seen the movie, Elf. In it, a human, Buddy, is accidentally raised by Christmas toy-making…
