Prepare the Way for Immanuel

Dr. Steve Lindsley(Luke 2: 1-14) In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.  This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.  All went to their own towns to be registered.  Joseph...

Prepare the Way – Wait for It

Dr. Steve Lindsley(Isaiah 2: 1-5; Luke 1: 5-25) When I started summer Greek school at Columbia Seminary in Decatur, GA many years ago, I lived with some friends in a spare bedroom in their apartment in Vinings, another Atlanta suburb.  If you know anything about the...

Prepare the Way – Beware the Way of the Lord!

Dr. Steve Lindsley(Isaiah 40: 3-5, Luke 21: 25-36) Suffice to say that our scriptures today are not what we might expect on the first Sunday of Advent.   Instead of flocking to our wonderful sanctuary, we are told to flee to the mountains.  Instead of counting the...

Focus

Rev. Rebecca Heilman-Campbell(Matthew 25: 31-46) My granddad, Pop Charlie, was not a talker. He was a larger set man with a respectful presence and soft heart, with never really much to say. When I would visit with him and my grandmother, he would be in his chair,...

The Greatest Risk of All

Dr. Steve Lindsley(Matthew 25: 14-30) Most museums, if you think about it, are celebrations and commemorations of those who took great risks to do something big.  At the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., for instance, you’ll experience the risks that...

Waiting Well

Dr. Steve Lindsley(Matthew 25: 1-13)  I have this recurring dream – some might call it a nightmare, depending on how you look at it. The scenery and context change; but it is always Sunday morning, it is always right before worship, and I am going to be late. ...