Tag: Christmas

  • Dancing with the Word (John 1 sermon)

    Dancing with the Word (John 1 sermon)

    A sermon for the First Sunday of Christmas (Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 147; Galatians 3:23-25 & 4:4-7; John 1 :1-18) Our Christian Feast of the Incarnation is twelve days long. So no matter how things fall in the December calendar, we always have at least one Sunday in this short liturgical season. And that means we…

  • Sermon: Imagination and empathy in the season of the Incarnation

    Sermon: Imagination and empathy in the season of the Incarnation

    Second Sunday after Christmas Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 Audio | Text: Happy second Sunday after Christmas. The prayer book says we are in the season of the Incarnation, but I prefer to think of these days between Christmas and Epiphany as the season of imagination. I believe our primary job as disciples is to…