Catching Up

It has been several weeks since I last posted an entry. But, just because the posting on the blog has been slow, it does not mean that things have been boring or slow here at the church.

We still have had services every Sunday. The last Sunday in Advent we talked about God's peace -- even when it comes in surprising ways.

Then there were two Christmas Eve Services.

Then another Sunday with a sermon called "Moving from the Manger to the Temple." Where the focus was how to transition from the high excitement of Christmas back to "regular life."

And then last Sunday, the focus was on the Wise Men. I re-told the story written by Henry van Dyke called The Other Wise Man. The story is one of a fourth wise man who was unable to travel with the other three. He searches long and hard to find Jesus, but is thwarted at every turn. Nevertheless, every time that he is delayed or sidetracked, he stops to help others in need. At the end of the story, we hear the words from Matthew 25, "in as much as you have done it for the least of these, you have done it unto me." This story reminds us in our journey to see Jesus that we need to continually remember the least and the lost.