Kyle Matthew Oliver

Tag: Hope

  • “Speak tenderly” and … : Prophets on the cusp of hope in Isaiah 40

    “Speak tenderly” and … : Prophets on the cusp of hope in Isaiah 40

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    Second Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 Listen to this sermon. ** Here’s what you need to know about Isaiah to understand the peculiar mixed emotions of the passage we heard this morning: Almost all of what comes before this passage was written in the time of a historical prophet named Isaiah. Isaiah served…

  • A Parable of Grit, and Hope

    A Parable of Grit, and Hope

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    A sermon for Proper 24: Jeremiah 31:27-34; Psalm 119:97-104; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8 A friend and I play a sort of ongoing game of long-distance tag. We’re both interested in character formation, and we’re enchanted by one idea that is currently en vogue. Researchers call it grit. Our obsession with popular discussions of grit has gotten a…