Month: December 2018

December 24 Luke 1:67-80 Jonathan Hill ’17 The time is near at hand! Tomorrow we celebrate Christmas and the birth of our Christ, Jesus. While…

December 23 Rev. Janise Matyas Smith, PCM+ Board Moderator Isaiah 9: 2-7 Peace. It’s a word we see a lot this time of year. Peace…

  December 22 Luke 1: 39-56 Cole Williams ’19 I like to imagine John leaping. As an unborn child in hismother’s womb, John stirs with…

December 21, 2018 Emma Friesen ’22 PSALMS 130; ISAIAH 29:9-24; LUKE 1:26-38 In advent, the church assumes a posture of waiting, which appears throughout this…

December 20, 2018 Emma Friesen ’22 PSALM 126; ISAIAH 28; REVELATIONS 20; LUKE 1:5-25 The text of Psalm 126 starts rejoicing and then has a…

December 19, 2018 Katie Becker ’17 Psalm 53: 3-4 “Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not…

December 18, 2018 Libby Boehne, Campus Minister Isaiah 11:1-9 It’s easy to breeze through the well-known passages in Isaiah, hardly registering what they say because…

December 17, 2018 Brett Stonecipher Divinity ’19 Isaiah 8:16 – 9:1 | Luke 22:39-53 The waiting of the advent season is not all pleasant, as…

December 16, 2018 Danny Cordray ’21 PSALMS 25, 150; ISAIAH 13:1-13; HEBREWS 12:18-29; JOHN 3:22-30 In the twenty-fifth psalm, David cries out in weakness and…

December 15, 2018 Charlie Daniel ’20 Psalm 90:1-4, 12 The days of December can be short, lost between the pages of our studies and the…

December 14, 2018 Caroline Armstrong ’20 PSALMS 16, 130; ISAIAH 7:10-25; 2 THESSALONIANS 2:13-3:5; LUKE 22:14-30 In Luke 22, Jesus breaks up a petty conversation…

December 13, 2018 DANIELLE LODGE ’20 PSALMS 18, 147:12-20; ISAIAH 7:1-9; 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12; LUKE 22:1-13 Waiting can usually be thought of as a passive,…

December 12, 2018 Cole Williams ’19 PSALMS 58, 147:1-11; ISAIAH 6: 1-13; 2 THESSALONIANS 1:1-12; JOHN 7:53 – 8:11 Sometimes I wonder why it is…

December 11, 2018 Mary Aline Fertin ’19 PSALMS 85, 94; ISAIAH 5:18-25; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:12-28; LUKE 21:29-38 In his sermon “Expecting the Lord’s Blessing”, the…