Tag: Christmas 2A

  • A Beautiful Gift — Of Tending Sheep and Watching Stars

    A Beautiful Gift — Of Tending Sheep and Watching Stars

    In revealing the incarnation to shepherds and star watchers, we are given the sharp contrast of God’s love and joy against the madness of kings.

  • A Story of Incarnate Grace

    A Story of Incarnate Grace

    In the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt, we see God’s grace appearing in the midst of human tyranny. A story for God’s grace in our tyranny. Fear, love, and the saving of JesusChristmas 2A | Matthew 2:13-23 We just heard the second half of this story. Tomorrow night we will hear the first half. Which…

  • Writing Our Future

    a Sermon for Christmas 2AText: Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 A Troubling History A few years ago, Diana Butler Bass wrote a book called A People’s History of Christianity. Like other “People’s Histories,” it is a history told, not from the perspective of the victors, but of the vanquished: in this case, it is the people, whose…