A sermon for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost: Isaiah 65:17-25; Luke 21:5-19 Here we are, on the brink of the change of the season.  I don’t mean that Christmas is coming. I mean we stand on the threshold of Advent. While retailers have already decorated their stores with trees and lights, we who follow the liturgical calendar must first go through Advent. Before we can hang the greens or lay a baby Jesus in the manger, we must spend a brief season in anticipation. In two weeks, Advent begins.  Advent was not meant to be a time for just opening … Continue reading Prophetic puzzles, prophetic hope