1. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the dedication of Christ at the temple.
  2. Recreation… but first destruction.
  3. That’s How Love Goes. In this episode, we read a Christmas sermon by Norman Nagel and discuss the nativity, the mother of God, iconography, Bible translating, story-telling traditions, teaching through the story, God’s strange way of loving people, and people’s expectations of Christmas and how it affects the Church.
  4. Hidden Streams wanted to finish the year with a celebration of the good and holy gift of love.
  5. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the visitation of Mary to Elizabeth while both are pregnant – Mary with Jesus, and Elizabeth with John.
  6. This meditation is great for Advent, a season of waiting in expectation for all that is damaged and ruined to be made whole.
  7. God Reminding You What You Are.
  8. On this episode of Preaching the Text, Steve Paulson discusses the story of John the Baptist in prison.