On this Christmas Eve we reflect on God’s gift of “Yes” to God’s people through scripture, reflective readings and hymns. God’s Yes to Peace for the Poor and Oppressed (read by Lauren Money) Scripture: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 Reading: Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou Hymn: “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” God’s Yes to a Home Among […]
Isaiah 5:1-7; 11:1-5 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Song of the Unfruitful Vineyard 5 Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst […]
Isaiah 65:17-25 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Glorious New Creation 17 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and […]
Isaiah 1:1,10-20 & Luke 12:32-40 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 1 The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 10 Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! […]
Isaiah 43:1-7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Restoration and Protection Promised 43 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; […]
For this fourth week of Advent there are two scripture readings: Isaiah 7:10-16 and Matthew 1:18-25 Isaiah 7:10-16 (NRSV) Isaiah Gives Ahaz the Sign of Immanuel 10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not […]
For this third week of Advent there are two scripture readings Isaiah 35:1-10 and Luke 1:47-55 Isaiah 35 (NRSV) The Return of the Redeemed to Zion 35 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus 2 it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of […]
For this second week of Advent there are two scripture readings: Isaiah 11:1-10 and Matthew 3:1-12 Isaiah 11:1-10 (NRSV) The Peaceful Kingdom 11 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of […]
For this first week of Advent there are two scripture readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 and Matthew 24:36-44 Isaiah 2:1-5 (NRSV) The Future House of God The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and […]
Isaiah 43:1-7