“Honey- do you know what I just realized? Joseph doesn’t say anything in any of the Gospels.” “That is not correct.” “Huh?” “Joseph, at the public naming of Mary’s son, had to pronounce his name to be Jesus.” Matthew 1:18-24 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was […]
Category Archives: Advent
Blessing the World
Isaiah 11:1-10 1: But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. Isaiah does not claim that “from the roots of David a bud shall blossom.” Why not? Because while David started off acting righteously, he was eventually corrupted- remember the whole episode with sending Uriah […]
Your Call to Speak Truth
“For I know the plans I have for you… plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.” ~ Jeremiah 28:10 What are those plans? God lays them out in our Baptism. When we are baptized, we are baptized to join in Christ’s mission as “priest, prophet […]