Gospel: Luke 2:1-20 Several years ago I attended a series of lectures on the Stations of the Cross at the seminary from which I’d graduated. For those not familiar, the Stations liturgy leads participants through a series of points, or…
Gospel: Luke 1:39-55 My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. On the campus of Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, next to a worship space created amid the ruins of the old chapel that burned…
Old Testament: Zephaniah 3:14-20; Gospel: Luke 3:7-18 The early chapters of the Book of Genesis are a recounting of creation, bringing order out of chaos and giving form to the “welter and waste” of the universe, in the words of…
Old Testament: Malachi 3:1-4 This morning I’m ignoring the Canticle, Epistle, and Gospel reading. For purposes of this sermon, they simply don’t exist. I’m not going to acknowledge what we already know happens in the time ahead but will instead…