by Shelly | Apr 10, 2021 | Easter Events, Sermons
Resurrection of Our Lord – ALELUIA! Jesus does “Whatever it Takes!” 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...
by Shelly | Mar 31, 2021 | Easter Events, Sermons
Resurrection of Our Lord – ALELUIA! Christ is risen! Jesus is alive, and God has swallowed up death forever. With Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, we may feel astonished and confused, unsure of what to make of the empty tomb. But this is why...
by Shelly | Mar 27, 2021 | Sermons
From triumphant entry to death on a cross – What love! This week, the center of the church’s year, is one of striking contrasts: Jesus rides into Jerusalem surrounded by shouts of glory, only to be left alone to die on the cross, abandoned by even his closest...
by Shelly | Mar 18, 2021 | Sermons
Create in me a clean heart, O God God promises Jeremiah that a “new covenant” will be made in the future: a covenant that will allow all the people to know God by heart. The church sees this promise fulfilled in Christ, who draws all people to himself when he is...
by Shelly | Mar 6, 2021 | Sermons
Looking up to God for healing The fourth of the Old Testament promises providing a baptismal lens this Lent is the promise God makes to Moses: those who look on the bronze serpent will live. In today’s gospel Jesus says he will be lifted up on the cross like the...
by Shelly | Feb 27, 2021 | Sermons
God’s Gift of the Law as a Covenent for Life The third covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the central one of Israel’s history: the gift of the law to those God freed from slavery. The commandments begin with the statement that because God alone has freed...
