Posts from November 2023

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First Sunday in Advent

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: He Is Coming to Save Us Rulers plan and administrate and govern. They typically do not save. If your house is on fire, it will not be the mayor who shows up to save you from the flames. If America were attacked, the President would serve as the commander in chief […]

Last Sunday of the Church Year

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: The Christian Waits: Hopeful For The Coming Judgment Consider the Christian man whose body aches from both the cancer and the chemo. Look at that faithful old woman, back arched by time, fingers twisted by arthritis, eyes close to blindness. These believers may pray for death, precisely because they know that […]

Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: The Christian Waits: Faithful For The Master As we wait for Christ to return, we are not to be sedentary. The reason Christ has not yet returned is that there is still work to be done. And Christ carries out his good work through us, his Church. So, until Christ comes […]

Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: The Christian Waits: Watchful For The Bridegroom Imagine you are planning to take the family out to dinner. You all have to wait on someone to get ready. Minute after minute passes. What can happen in that situation? It is easy to focus on something else and completely forget the original […]