You were built to long for miracles. We are created to long for more than is possible. Let your heart yearn for God to be born in ways that astound, in ways that push you beyond what is comfortable. Only there, only when we are out beyond our usual borders, can we encounter the One who can save us.
Tag Archives: Sermon
“Mary” Christmas
Before Christmas, I think we need to spend some time with Mary, the real Mary, because she helps us understand what it means to be a person of faith in a dark time.
Joy
On the second Sunday of Advent, a sermon about John the Baptist and deep subversive joy. What if, in these anxious days, what we really need to repent is the meagerness of our hope?
Translating Advent
The current moment makes talking about hope all the more challenging. Which is why Advent begins where it does. Today we encounter Jesus talking about the end of the world. Jesus begins with ominous signs in the heavens, the rushing of the seas, the distress of the people. Jesus begins where all hope for change begins, with disruption.
Mike Angell 