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Sermon – Easter II

Believing is Seeing (From April 24, 2022) Happy Easter!           Today we encounter two resurrection appearances that are often combined into a single incident.  The first appearance occurs on the evening of Easter day.  The disciples are huddled together in fear of the Roman and religious authorities – after all, their leader was executed for […]

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Sermon – Easter Sunday

“Christ is risen, alleluia! He is risen indeed, alleluia!” (From April 17, 2022)          Happy Easter!           Today, we begin a fifty-day celebration of Jesus’ resurrection – the Queen of Feasts.  Seven short weeks that will carry us from an empty tomb to the rushing mighty wind of Pentecost.  This is the heart of our life […]

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Sermon, April 3, 2022 – Lent V

Seeking What We Already Have             Our Lenten journey this Sunday picks up the story of Jesus at a dinner party at the home of Martha and Mary in Bethany – a village just a few miles southeast of Jerusalem (this will become Jesus’ home base during Holy Week).  Their brother, Lazarus (whom Jesus had […]