by Mario Baldessari | Sermons
Texts: Ezekiel 47: 6b-12; Jeremiah 17: 7-8 Tree by Tree: A Restless Child of the Promise The Hebrew prophets and their vision of a peaceable kingdom have been stirring my imagination over the past couple of months, beginning in Advent and now continuing...
by Mario Baldessari | Sermons
Texts: Genesis 31: 44-49; Isaiah 21: 6-8 Live at the Mizpah Café Since the beginning of Advent, we’ve been circling around the dreams of human flourishing that are found throughout the pages of Scripture, but that are given special prominence in the weeks...
by Mario Baldessari | Sermons
The Christmas Dog Part I Before there were kids, before there were a string of Christmas Eve services to keep us up late, before there was an endless series of preparations, when things were altogether quieter, I fell into the habit of stealing away...
by Mario Baldessari | Sermons
Text: Matthew 1: 18-25 Restless Children of the Promise: Joseph’s Story, and Ours Too Is there any major character in the Christmas narrative, and indeed in all of the Bible, more overlooked and less understood than Joseph, the father of Jesus? Mary gets...
by Mario Baldessari | Sermons
Texts: Luke 1: 57-58, 67, 76-80 Restless Children of the Promise, Part II: Mapping the Landscape of Love By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness… to guide our feet into the way of peace....