Here we are at the 4th Sunday of Advent, anticipating the first great Holy Day in our new liturgical year. The year itself marks our life in relationship to God, the life into which we were sealed in Baptism. The lessons for today are full of wonderful things to say — not so much about…

More great lessons as we move into the third Sunday of our new liturgical year. The Psalm and Isaiah talk about how wonderful life in the kingdom of God is, life in the presence of God and in the joyful freedom of God’s reign. They are absolutely exuberant: all the enormous wrongs of human existence…

The lessons for this second Sunday in Advent are absolutely magnificent in their belief in, understanding of and knowledge about life in the kingdom of God. What do we have here, from the Psalms, through Isaiah, Romans and Matthew? What will it be like? There will be an abundance of food and understanding and wisdom….

[RCL]: Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 The lessons for this first Sunday in Advent are grand; they are big statements we’ve heard so much we forget exactly where they came from: Big stuff. What are we to make of them all; we, who have said goodbye to another liturgical year and hello…