Where Is The Joy In Hardship?

Where Is The Joy In Hardship?

Isaiah 12:6: “Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.” This week, at the New Worshiping Community I serve, we had to call the police. One of our members parked across the street in a public parking space, and a...
Advent–It’s What We Need

Advent–It’s What We Need

Malachi 3:1–4; Luke 3:1-6 I’ve led worship for almost 40 years and still feel like I am sitting in the pew sometimes, wondering what to make of the first couple of Sundays in Advent. Those Old Testament prophets with their dark messages of the future, the Gospel...