Music Notes from Justin Smith

This Week's Music Notes: Music Notes  Sunday, December 10Second Sunday of Advent Today, three movements from the Midnight Mass for Christmas by the great French composer Marc-Antonine Charpentier, who was particularly drawn to writing Christmas music, producing...

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. ...