Sermon for November 29th 2009. Michael Phelps An apocalyptic reading for the first Sunday in Advent Michael Phelps Traditionally the Gospel reading for the first Sunday in Advent is an apocalyptic text. But why? And what do we really mean by apocalyptic? And what does this have to do with our lives today? 20:18 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:00:00 PST