Home by another way
Download Matthew 2:1-12 010222 Home by another way Who were these people? Magi from the east, that is all we know. Of course, East could be anywhere. Could have been eastern Judea, just miles from Bethlehem; could have been much further. Persia,…
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Home for Christmas: Christmas for Home
Download December 24, 2021 Home for Christmas: Christmas for Home It was Christmas Eve. Liz and I were living in Atlanta where I was in seminary and she was working as a pediatric nurse. She had the 3 to 11 shift at…
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Home for Christmas: Annunciations
Download December 19, 2021 Luke 1:46b-55 Home for Christmas: Annunciations Annunciation is normally used with the definite article: The Annunciation. The Annunciation refers to the announcement of the angel Gabriel to Mary that she would have a son, and call him Jesus.
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Home for Christmas: Regifting
Download 121221 Luke 3:7-14 Home for Christmas: Regifted Our theme this season is Home for Christmas, only today’s reading has us going in what seems like the opposite direction. This not a “home for Christmas” story. In this story people are leaving…
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Home for Christmas: Upward longing
Download 112821 Luke 21:25-36 Home for Christmas: Upward longing A few summers ago I traveled with our daughter, Anna, to visit the McDonald Observatory in West Texas. It was around midnight, and a group of us were gathered outside of…
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Alpha and Omega
Download November 21, 2021 Reign of Christ Alpha and Omega Mitt Romney, on the campaign trail in 2008 seeking the Republican nomination for President, looked out on a crowd of supporters, shook his head, and said to his wife, Ann, who was standing…
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The communion of saints
Download November 7, 2021 All Saints’ Sunday Isaiah 25:6-9 The communion of saints Later in this service we will offer up the names of beloved friends in Christ within the Laurel Heights family who have been lost to us in death since last…
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Connections: Wholeheartedness
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