Sermons from December 2024

Christmas EveDecember 24, 2024Luke 2.1-20 “The best thing about church is that there are no Herdmans.” Now, if you’ve seen or read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, you know exactly what that sentence means. If you haven’t, you have no clue what I’m talking about. For years, Carol has been aiming to get me to read this book, and while I still haven’t, I did finally see the movie this year, and in that moment I finally understood why she…

4th Sunday of Advent December 22, 2024 Luke 1.39-55  This morning we’re going to jump into the way back machine and take you back to everyone’s favorite time in life, 10th grade. Specifically, I’m going to take you back to my 10th grade English class with Mr. Miller. Now, before we get into the story, this all has to come with one massive caveat. Mr. Miller never should have been allowed to keep teaching, he was a terrible teacher, and…

3rd Sunday of AdventDecember 15, 2024Luke 3.7-18  When I lived in Pennsylvania, I ended up becoming pretty good friends with the girl who cut my hair. My usually introverted self wouldn’t dread the hour in the chair trying to small talk because Jordan and I just had a nice, easy flow to conversation. There was one time I came in and she was veritably vibrating with excitement. “I have a new obsession!” I was so immensely curious what this could possibly…