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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Isaiah 43:1-7