Grow: Advent Day 17
Isaiah 11:1 A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. (NRSV) A green Shoot will sprout from Jesse’s stump, from his roots a budding Branch. (The Message) To……
Tag: hope
Home: Advent Day 15
Revelation 21:1-4 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down……
Hope: Advent Day 8
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. HOPE How is it you Open the door of……
Justice: Advent Day 4
Image is of quotations hanging in the Iowa State Capitol: Courageous confidence in the intelligence of the community is the sure sign of leadership and success (G.W. Curtis) and The ideal state – that in which an injury done to……
Promise: Advent Day 1
Psalm 119:49-50 49 Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. 50 This is my comfort in my distress, that your promise gives me life. …life lasts so briefly, like free theater in the park—glorious and……
Freed from Woe Is Me
This sermon was preached at Glenwood and Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on May 27, 2018. It’s based on Isaiah 6:1-8, Romans 8:12-17, and John 3:1-17. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson. How do……
Enough
Today I’ll finally take down the last of the winter decorations, the antique sled by the front door and the evergreen garland trimming the garage. They could have come down weeks ago, I suppose, along with the Christmas tree, and……
First Things
I’m writing this post while my boys play a raucous game of hide and seek. It seems fitting somehow. Life feels like a game of hide and seek these days. I’ve given up looking for answers, but I sure would……