by Shelly | May 9, 2024 | Easter Events, Sermons
Serving each other as Christ does Christ is risen! The gospel for Easter’s seventh Sunday is always taken from the long prayer Jesus prays for his followers in John’s gospel on the night before his death, and always includes Jesus’ desire that his followers will be...
by Shelly | May 3, 2024 | Easter Events, Sermons
Serving each other as Christ does Christ is risen! This Sunday’s image of the life the risen Christ shares with us is the image of friendship. We are called to serve others as Jesus came to serve; but for John’s gospel, the image of servanthood is too hierarchical,...
by Shelly | Apr 26, 2024 | Easter Events, Sermons
A mystery of mutual abiding Christ is risen! This Sunday’s image of how the risen Christ shares his life with us is the image of the vine. Christ the vine and we the branches are alive in each other, in the mystery of mutual abiding described in the gospel and the...
by Shelly | Apr 18, 2024 | Easter Events, Sermons
Willing to lay down one’s life Christ is risen! The image of the good shepherd shows us how the risen Christ brings us to life. It is the relationship between the shepherd and the sheep, one of mutual knowledge and love, that gives the shepherd authority. The...
by Shelly | Apr 11, 2024 | Easter Events, Sermons
Sharing a meal as sharing God’s love Christ is risen! The gospel for the third Sunday of Easter is always one in which the risen Christ shares food with the disciples, meals that are the Easter template for the meal we share each Sunday. In today’s gospel, Jesus...
by Shelly | Apr 4, 2024 | Easter Events, Sermons
Jesus empty tomb – the mystery of God’s expansive love Christ is risen! The Easter season is a week of weeks, seven Sundays when we play in the mystery of Christ’s presence, mostly through the glorious Gospel of John. Today we gather with the disciples on...
