faith, Jesus, and a conversation on the road
A sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, preached at the 8am service John 17:1-11 Fair warning: I’m going to be discussing an important interfaith understanding today and I want you to know that a) I have a point beyond the mini-points I make throughout, and b) this will tie into today’s gospel reading if … Continue reading one of our own
A sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, preached at the 5:30pm Saturday and 10:30am Sunday services John 14:15-21 The ministry of Jesus, the ministry which we as followers are called to live into both individually and as a church, is an active, engaging, moving ministry, not static, stuck, in place. Unfortunately, many churches are … Continue reading an advocate
A sermon preached on the Fifth Sunday of Easter at the 8am service John 14:1-14 Easter is a season about life. We have the promise of resurrection realized and experienced in Christ. Jesus comes back to us from death, defeating death, to teach us, to inspire us, to fill us with hope. The hope of … Continue reading a “good” life
A sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter, preached at the 8am service Luke 24:13-35 We meet travelers on a road this morning. Disciples of the crucified prophet Jesus, who have left Jerusalem in grief. These disciples are dejected, in deep mourning, and in many ways are simply done with the work that they have … Continue reading run back to jerusalem
A sermon for the fifth Sunday of Lent, preached at the 8am service John 11:1-45 I am not a crier. It’s not that I’ve never been sad, I’ve definitely been choked up before (the opening sequence of Pixar’s Up or the selflessness of Bing Bong enabling Joy to make it back to headquarters and restore … Continue reading i am not a crier, but that’s ok because neither is jesus
