Happy Holidays

But I wonder… what if? What if holidays, holy days, are about more than joy and celebrations, big gatherings, and work?

For You

But Jesus does something remarkable with these words. Without any further comment or interpretation, without any explanation, he simply says: “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” Today, these words are for you.

Enough is Enough!

We have this obsession with having enough. I mean, I guess that's not a bad thing. There are plenty of things we need enough of to live. If we don't get enough air, we die in minutes. If we don't have enough water, we die in a few days. If we don't have enough food, we die in a few weeks. If we don't have enough shelter, we die from exposure to the elements. We're hard-wired to make sure that we always have enough for our survival, and it's a constant search for enough.

If Only…

It seems to me that there's a natural human instinct to look at our lives, to see all the ways in which it doesn't make us fulfilled, and to say, “If only...”

We Are Not Alone

But into that fear, that heart of darkness, there is another voice, another message. It's hard to hear, amidst the cries of danger, especially those that call for overreactions to those things that scare us. It's a small voice, easily buried and forgotten, but it's there. And it's the reason we are gathered here tonight.