The Third Sunday of Advent - The Rev. Colette Hammesfahr
Matthew 11:2-11 – Advent 3 – December 13, 2025 Have you ever gone to a new restaurant and when you left, you said, “That’s not what I expected.”? Have you ever gone to a movie and, as you were walking out, you said, “That’s not what I expected.”? Maybe it happened to you when you went on a trip, to an event, or visited a new place. You thought you knew what you were going to see or experience, but it really was not what you expected. Today, John the Baptist is sitting in prison. King Herod married his brother’s ex-wife, and John had a few words to him about how wrong that was. Along with this denunciation of Herod, John also announced something that King Herod wasn’t quite thrilled about – the announcement that God’s kingdom and God’s true king were on the way. Pretty much saying that Herod wasn’t the real king and that God was going to replace him. Thus, John is sitting in prison. Now in prison, John is a little disappointed. Jesus is not doing the things John expected him...