Easter 6C Revelation 21:10, 22:1-5 John 14:23-29 Today’s sermon is one with which I have truly struggled. I struggled because there are actually too many good things to choose from in the texts for today. What should I talk about? Should I talk about Lydia, Paul’s first European convert to Christianity and a wealthy woman…
Easter 4C Acts 9:36-43, John 10:22-30 One of the unique and, for me, frustrating things about the weeks after Easter is the absence of an Old Testament reading in our lectionary. Personally, I love the Old Testament, its stories of action, adventure, mystery, the in-depth back story to the Gospel. It’s like those episodes in…
Easter Sunday From the beginning of humanity and from the fall of Adam, God sought to bridge the gap that lies between us and God. Through so many ways God has sought to bring us back to him. To bring us home. After Death came into the world, God promised us a conqueror of Death.…
Maundy Thursday Exodus 12:1-14, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 13:1-17, 31-35 Why is this night different from all other nights? For starters, everything is in a different order than any other worship service of the whole year. I’m here in the pulpit doing a sermon at the very beginning of everything, which seems odd but since…
In anticipation of Maundy Thursday, here’s a reprint post from a couple of years ago that looks at the John 13 text about footwashing. Earlier today some colleagues and I had a bit of a debate and discussion about foot washing. It was timely since tomorrow is Maundy Thursday and footwashing, a common occurence on this…
Shepherdess Writes 