Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. Does that remind you of anyone? It’s meant to. It’s meant to remind us of Moses. Matthew in his gospel is presenting Jesus as a new Moses, as the one who will speak God’s words to us. In the book of Exodus, after God has freed the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt, they come to Mount Sinai and they camp there. Moses goes up the mountain. But the people were not allowed to go up the mountain. The people stood at
Jan 31
An Amazing Story (Christmas 2025)
We have an amazing story to tell. Earlier this evening, we told this story with our pop-up pageant, with shepherds and angels, with Mary and Joseph, with the birth of a child in a manger, surrounded by animals. The birth of a child is always an amazing story, a story of hope and of joy. When we tell the birth story of this child, of Jesus, it is a story that promises peace and love, and announces the good news that God is with us. It's an amazing story, and so we reach back
Jan 5