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…
The Collect of the Day: Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Every Sunday when we gather for worship, our prayers begin with what’s called the “Collect of the Day.” It’s a short prayer, so it can be forgotten as easily as…
