On Sunday, we enjoyed a Spirit-filled worship, despite the brisk temperatures outside. The service featured several favorite hymns, a special solo by DeLores Gillespie, who sang "On Holy Ground," and I sang "Amazing Grace" during Communion, which always seems to be a popular selection.
I also offered the concluding sermon in our recent Advent and Christmas series, "Looking for Home: Faith in the Holiday Season." We considered the all-too-often overlooked part of the Christmas story, which tells of how Jesus, Mary, and Joseph fled to Egypt to avoid the threat of King Herod's murderous anger. In "Refugees," I suggested that this story should not only cause us to be more charitable towards outsiders and immigrants, but said that spiritually speaking, we are all refugees until we can be in our true home, the Kingdom of God.
I really enjoyed this series, which considered our deep yearning for home, which is so often noticeable around Christmas. As should have been clear on Sunday, it also leads well into our Lenten series, which will consider the example of the Hebrews traveling through the wilderness toward the Promised Land.
If you missed Sunday's sermon, if you'd like to listen to it again, or if you'd like to share it with others, you can find an audio recording here.
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