by Andreas Wagner | Dec 25, 2016 | Sermons
This is the morning after. The morning after the great event – for all intents and purposes, the morning after Jesus was born, even though the calendar says today is the day when we celebrate his birth. For all I know it’s the morning after Joseph smoked the...
by Andreas Wagner | Dec 18, 2016 | Sermons
Some things never change. I know, I know, this is probably the worst sentence to start a sermon with. But isn’t it true? Some things just don’t give in to our prayers and appeals. Among the things that never seem to turn around is this: Conflict in the Middle East;...
by Andreas Wagner | Dec 11, 2016 | Sermons
What happens when our expectations don’t get fulfilled? The answer is simple: disappointment sets in. I know a kid in my family who was thinking he had a deal to get a laptop this Christmas and then, for some reason, the deal fell through. There was major...
by Andreas Wagner | Dec 4, 2016 | Sermons
When our dog was a puppy, she once came across a doe in our back yard. Not knowing this creature, never having seen one before, she lay down in the grass very carefully and cautiously. Only ten yards apart, the two animals gazed at each other with unbridled curiosity...