Text: Luke 1:36-56; Isaiah 35 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/12/The-Power-of-Joy.mp3"][/audio] "From the depths of who I am, I rejoice in God my Savior." That is quite a thing to say when you…
Text: Luke 1:65-76 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/12/The-Incovenience-of-Peace.mp3"][/audio] Right off the bat, I want to offer some context for the poem of praise from Luke 1. Sometimes called Zechariah's song or Benedictus,…
Text: Luke 1:46-56; Isaiah 2:1-5 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/12/Magnify-the-Lord-Magnify-Hope.mp3"][/audio] Advent has begun! We had a kind of soft open a couple of Sundays ago with the scripture from Isaiah 9 about…
Advent marks the new year in the calendar of the church. It’s weird time to reset, when everything (in the northern hemisphere) is dying and getting dark. It’s a weird…