Goin’ to the Temple….

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on Dec 27, 2014. Luke 2:20-40 Sometimes we are sent on the road because Roman authorities demand a census, as we heard about on Christmas Eve. In today’s story, the Holy Family is again on the road, this time headed to Jerusalem to present the…

Be a Blessing

A Meditation from Southminster Presbyterian Church Luke 2:22-40 Our reading this morning from Luke’s gospel picks up right after our Christmas Eve story. Mary and Joseph have presumably returned from Bethlehem to Nazareth, and then when the baby was 8 days old, they named him Jesus as they had been instructed by the angel and…