Our gospel reading this morning is Matthew, chapter 3, verses 13 through 17. This is Baptism of the Lord Sunday, and appropriately, we hear the story of Jesus’ baptism from…

The Gospel of Matthew begins with a bold statement about Jesus: “An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” From the…

This is the third Sunday of Advent, and all I have been talking about for the past two weeks, is how this is the time each year when we prepare…

Our gospel reading for today is Matthew, chapter 3, verses 1 through 12. Matthew gives us this story of a familiar and perhaps troubling figure, John the Baptist. You remember…

It happens every year, on this First Sunday of Advent. The world around us is already in full holiday mode. Everything seems to be pushing us toward Christmas. The ads,…