Sermons on Advent (Page 2)

Of all the commands that Jesus gives, today’s “Keep awake,” (Matthew 24: 42) is arguably one of the most difficult for me! Staying awake has never been my strong suit. I have this habit of falling asleep on road trips almost immediately after I proudly declare to Emily that I’m not tired. Or while we try to watch a movie, I really only watch about half of it. I’ll be…

I still remember when I found out that I was going to be an aunt. I remember making the drive across Iowa to meet my niece for the first time, just giddy that the day had finally arrived when I could visit her after she was born. We have this picture of her sticking her tongue out at me on day 2, and while I know that she didn’t have control over it, I just had to laugh…

When I was a kid, my friends and I used to love playing with a Magic 8 ball, asking it all the important questions that we had at 10 years old, waiting for it to magically give us life advice. And, if we didn’t like the advice, it was so easy to just shake it again until we got the answer we were actually looking for. Those were the days! I wish they made one of those…