Sermons

Jesus is a day laborer. Some say a carpenter. Perhaps a mason. Maybe a handyman. And Jesus wouldn’t have been able to find much work in the tiny town of Nazareth. What good would carpentry skills do you in a place that didn’t have many buildings, or many people in need of fixing or living in such structures?

Round about two millennia ago, there was a man named John, a good man, full of wisdom and vision. John lived in the wilderness, and John shared a testimony of hope. The evangelist tells us that the Word, or the substance, or the umph of God predates creation. God has been here even before the beginning; even before time; even before how we ever dreamed of marking time.

If you flip through the Epiphany section of our hymnal, you’ll hear lots of descriptors for a star that shone bright on an ancient night. O star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light!