Sometimes we silence ourselves and feel like our voices don’t matter.  We may even feel like we don’t have a voice.  Zechariah was silenced, but sometimes Advent calls for us to speak and maybe even to shout about wh...

How do you feel during a pause?  Do you always try to fill the silence?  What are we afraid of?  What do we think we will find in the silence? When Zechariah was told by the angel that Elizabeth would becom...

Today as we light the first of the Advent candles, we’ll consider Jesus as the Light of the World. “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, ...

How do you define home?  A residence or a house?  They say “home is where the heart is” which gets at something more: where we belong, where we can be honest and real.  In John 15:1-8, Jesus says “live in Me… Ma...

John chapter 14 starts with a mood of anxiety, but Jesus responds with words of comfort and promise.  “Do not let your hearts be troubled.  You believe in God; believe also in me… I am the way and the truth and the l...