Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Advent

Jesus Christ as King

Sermon | November 23, 2014

November 23, 2014, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching

So, what is that, “Christ the King Sunday?” It’s the Christian New Year’s Eve. Our liturgical year BEGINS with Advent, which starts next Sunday. We spend half of our time living the incarnation that is Advent through the Feast of Pentecost and the other half in “Ordinary Time” which is only now ending. Christ the King Sunday marks the end of Ordinary Time.

Christmas Eve

Sermon | December 24, 2012

December 24, 2012 The Rev Kate Wesch preaching

Merry Christmas! Tonight, at this darkest time of year, we pierce the night with millions of pinpoints of light – with candles in church and on table where families gather, with light on our Christmas trees and front porches, and lawns lit up in colorful array. We wrap ourselves in the darkness like a blanket and gaze steadily out at the light on the horizon, knowing that spring must come. Christmas is about that hope, the longing for light.

Weaving Waiting Back into Our Lives

Sermon | December 2, 2012

December 2, 2012, The Rev Doy Conn preaching

Waiting, I think, makes an event all the sweeter. Waiting increases our sense of thanksgiving and gratitude. There was a day when waiting was more thoroughly woven into the rhythms of life. We waited for crops to come in. We waited for snow to melt and the salmon to run. We waited for fruits or vegetables to be in season. We waited to have enough money to buy something we couldn’t afford. We even waited for the appropriate night to watch our favorite TV show. Now we just Tevo it. Now we write the waiting out of the story of our lives and I sense we are diminished because of it.