I prefer to think of Martha in slightly more generous terms than the Gospel credits her with today. Luke writes that Martha was “distracted by her many tasks,” but I don’t feel that truly honors Martha. Instead, I think of Martha as being focused. Focused on the tasks at hand that needed to be accomplished. … Continue reading “All lives matter”–Martha
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oneness, not sameness
a sermon for the seventh sunday of easter, John 17:20-26 One God. We are Trinitarian people. Our faith in the Creator God, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Advocate in the Holy Spirit, is foundational to our understanding of our faith, marking us as Christians with a certain understanding of how we relate to God … Continue reading oneness, not sameness
peace
a sermon for the sixth sunday of easter on John 14:23-29 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. Peace. A simple concept really. A concept that immediately sets us at ease. A concept that releases the tensions, the anxiety, the fear, that we carry with us in this life. A sense … Continue reading peace
new heaven, new earth
a sermon for the fifth sunday of easter on revelation 21:1-6, preached at St. James Pullman The promise of Easter is the driving force behind our faith. That eternal salvation is ours for Jesus Christ has sacrificed himself. That God, through grief, came to understand the human condition, including suffering, rejection, death. And, through this … Continue reading new heaven, new earth
a revelation for all
a sermon for the fourth sunday of easter on revelation 7:9-17, delivered at the 5:30pm service In this season of Eastertide, we are constantly reminded of the actions of Christ, the mission that has been left for us to fulfill, and we are also reminded of the promise that has been left for us. When … Continue reading a revelation for all
