A Christmas Eve Sermon about Hope, Peace, and Unfinished Stories Rev. David Collins Luke 2:1-15 Watch | Listen Here we are, once again. Christmas Eve. The thing I love about this night is the familiarity: Luke 2, O Holy Night, singing Silent Night by candlelight. This one night connects to all the other nights I’ve done this same thing, ever since I was a child, when the urgency and anticipation of Christmas morning spilled over into this night before, making this memory mor

Sermon from Sunday, December 14, 2025 The Rev. Megan Collins Listen | Watch I am the child of two computer programmers. My dad used to use his skills at home to write these elaborate computer games for my sister and I to play. This was before Xbox and Nintendo and . . . graphics, really.  Our computers looked like this: Some of my favorite games to play were written adventure games, which were entirely text based. The computer would give you a situation and you would make ch

God With US: The Doctrine of the Incarnation Week 2 Luke 1:26-38 Rev. David Collins Watch | Listen One of the temptations we face this time of year is the temptation to say no to life . It can sneak up on us in small ways. You see a neighbor put their Christmas lights up “too early” and you grumble. Or someone wishes you Happy Holidays when you’re feeling more like Merry Christmas, or the other way around…and suddenly you feel that little flare of resistance. None of it’s a