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 […]
Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Psalm 145:1-5 The Greatness and the Goodness of God Praise. Of David. 1 I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless you, and praise your name forever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be […]
John 4:1-30 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 4 Now when Jesus[a] learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John” 2 —although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— 3 he left Judea and started back to Galilee. 4 But he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to […]
Matthew 7:1-14, 7:24-29 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Matthew 7:1-14 Judging Others 7 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s[a] eye, but do not notice the log […]
1 Samuel 16:1-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) David Anointed as King 16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among […]