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Psalm 89:3-4 I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant: Forever will I confirm your posterity and establish your throne for all generations. Today’s psalm invites us to reflect on an Advent theme I rarely ponder– the coming Davidic king-messiah. For the Israelites, to recall King David⦠Read More
Psalm 72:12-13 For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out, and the afflicted when he has no one to help him. He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor; the lives of the poor he shall save. It is striking how many of our Advent psalms and scripture readings speak of⦠Read More
Psalm 85:11-12 Kindness and truth shall meet; justice and peace shall kiss. Truth shall spring out of the earth, and justice shall look down from heaven. Our verses today from Psalm 85 paints a portrait of what spiritual wholeness looks like. I experience Advent as a time when I am invited to renew kindness and⦠Read More
Dear Friends, This year, we invite you to make the Psalms part of your Advent journey. Our pastors and staff have prepared short reflections that highlight the powerful themes we find in the seasonal psalter. The Church and our Israelite ancestors in faith have looked to the Psalms for generations to provide inspiration – in⦠Read More
December 23rd Brian Pinter We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas. We beckon this good season to wait a while with us. We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come. Peace. Come and fill us and our world with your majesty. We, the Jew and the Jainist, the Catholic and the⦠Read More
December 11th Brian Pinter It is the day when we remind ourselves that man can and must live in peace with his neighbors and that it is the peacemakers who are truly blessed. In this year of 1962 we greet each other at Christmas with some special sense of the blessings of peace. This has been a⦠Read More
December 8th Brian Pinter If Christ should come back to our city on a Christmas day, where should we think it most appropriate to his character to find him? Would he be carrying splendid gifts to splendid dwellings, or would he be gliding about in the cheerless haunts of the desolate, the poor, the forsaken,⦠Read More
Like a Child Brian Pinter “Like a child and a friend Jesus comes.” In the seasons of Advent and Christmas, I often contemplate the fact that Jesus did not come into the world as a superhero with guns blazing. God didn’t overpower the world, crushing its freedom, and imposing God’s will while everyone stands around⦠Read More
Toda la Tierra (All Earth Is Waiting) Scroll down for to view the hymn and listen to the audio. Brian Pinter “All the world, bound and struggling, seeks true liberty; it cries out for justice and searches for the truth.” A wise and holy priest-professor once told those of us in his seminar, “In God’s schema,⦠Read More
Wild and Lone the Prophet’s Voice Scroll down for to view the hymn and listen to the audio. Brian Pinter “With such preaching stark and bold, John proclaimed salvation near…” “Are you saved?” Every time I hear this question I want to say, “What do you mean by ‘saved’?” Over my years of teaching Bible and⦠Read More