Kyle Matthew Oliver

Tag: Matthew 3

  • Holding tension with the Root of Jesse (Isaiah 11)

    Holding tension with the Root of Jesse (Isaiah 11)

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    A sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent in Lectionary Year A (O Root of Jesse; Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12) I have some deep, visceral, and thoroughly mixed emotions associated with this Root of Jesse text from the Prophet Isaiah. This year in our repeating lectionary cycle was also the…