Brent Ness

What a year it’s been! Let’s hope for a much better 2022, and let’s work together, and together with our God, to help that to come about.

Thank you for joining us today.

St. Paul & St. Andrew’s ever-miraculous (“How on earth did they do that?”) Service of Lessons and Carols is back this Sunday…

We’ve waited all year; it’s almost here! What? The SPSA Christmas Pageant, of course!

Among Joseph’s many emotions at hearing that Mary is pregnant with a child that is not his (disappointment, anger, frustration, betrayal, confusion), the one that God’s angel focuses on is fear: ‘Don’t be afraid, Joseph.

Over and over again in the scriptures, God speaks, either directly or through messengers. God’s voice can be heard time and again, saying, “Fear not!”

I was sitting next to a rabbi friend one Thanksgiving interfaith service when this passage from 2 Corinthians was read.

Of all our biblical ancestors, Hannah is the one I turn to when thinking about prayer. Hannah knows prayer – fierce prayer!