sermon for Easter 4A Psalm 23 John 10:1-10 Imagine the scene given to us in our psalm for today. Here is a nice, pretty pastoral picture. Fields of fresh green grass, cool stream of gentle water, happy little sheep grazing, drinking and napping in this picturesque landscape. A shepherd standing by, watching over the little…
This sermon owes a debt of gratitude for parts of its structure to this writing here at day1.org Our world has been a very interesting and eventful place as of late. I heard one person say: a young girl married her prince and became a princess and the bad guy was destroyed….sounds like a Disney…
As I contemplate the upcoming week’s sermon, I sometimes think to myself: ‘What were those crazy lectionary people thinking when they put this together???’ This week, in my opinion, is a prime example. Well, not THIS specific week, but this week every year. Easter 3. The weeks during the Great 50 Days of Easter have a…
Several wise people–far wiser than I–have already been writing about Osama Bin Laden’s death since the announcement last night. As I find more posts worth reading I may add them later. Found an interesting one here. While there certainly is a sense of accomplishment with this act, and even a sincere feeling of justice on…
Yesterday I attended a royal wedding party that began in the wee hours of the morning. Pajamas and tea and really tacky hats. It was delightful in a decidely girly way in which I do not typically indulge. Later in the day I went to a fabric store and a woman whose job it is to hand make wedding dresses…
Shepherdess Writes 