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The childhood of our Christian Year

We have just come through Advent and Christmas, the business, the excitement, the work… and if you are Responsible for making the season happen, you know it is a lot of work. and now we have arrived in Epiphany. Epiphany in the church is first a day of recognizing the arrival of the Magi bringing…
Sunday Reflection – Epiphany, January 4, 2026

The visit of the magi Matthew 2 When Jesus was born in the village of Bethlehem in Judea, Herod was king. During this time some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and said, “Where is the child born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship…
Kids Korner: The arrival of the Magi – Epiphany Sunday (January 4th)

Read Matthew 2:1-12 with your family. Did you know there is absolutely nothing in the Bible about the names of the Magi, or how many of them arrived in Bethlehem, or even if they were only men? Nothing. The story of the Arrival of the Magi (short for “magician” in Latin, because they knew about…
Welcome to 2026

You may notice things look a little different around here. This website has been redesigned to create more space — space for questions, for reflection, for learning, and for prayer. Over the coming months, I’ll be adding new writing, resources, and studies drawn from years of teaching, preaching, and living with Scripture. Some of these…
Kids Korner: Listen for the message (December 7th)

Read Matthew 3:1-12 with your family. On the second and third Sundays of Advent we spend time with John the Baptist. In the Gospel of Luke, we are told Jesus and John are cousins, but there is no story telling us that in the Gospel of Matthew. If we go by what Matthew says, they…
Sunday Reflection – Advent I, November 30, 2025

Be ready Matthew 24 36 No one knows the day or hour. The angels in heaven don’t know, and the Son himself doesn’t know. Only the Father knows. 37 When the Son of Man appears, things will be just as they were when Noah lived. 38 People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day the flood came…
Kids Korner: Get ready, God is coming (November 30th)

Read Matthew 24:36-44 with your family. Today is the first Sunday in Advent. For Christians, this is the first day of our new year. Every Christian year begins with the first Sunday in Advent, and this year we will be growing our faith by through the Gospel of Matthew. In our story for today we…
Meeting God in everyday places

I have so many conversation with folks that start with the theme “I don’t want to be part of the institutional church”. Sometimes it is because they have been hurt by the church, sometimes it is that they feel they don’t fit in or will be judged, and a lot of time it is that…
Sunday Reflection – November 16, 2025

Warnings and preparations Luke 21 5 Some people were talking about the beautiful stones used to build the temple and about the gifts that had been placed in it. Jesus said, 6 “Do you see these stones? The time is coming when not one of them will be left in place. They will all be knocked down.” 7 Some…
Kids Korner: Preparation and faith (November 16th)

Read Luke 21:5-19 with your family. Sometimes it sounds like Jesus is predicting bad things, when in reality the writer of the story is remembering what already happened. When we hear the Gospel stories we have to remember three times in history, and think of what how the story would be heard in each time…