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…
This is the final sermon in a Lenten series on the Sign of Jonah Text: Jonah 4 Matthew 12:38-41 We have come to the end of a long journey with Jonah. It’s been an interesting though rough one hasn’t it? Running from God’s call, Jonah hopped a boat to Tarshish. God sent a storm on…
Yesterday I was given a delightful break from preaching. Now, I love to preach (even though I am not certain how good I am at it) but it was good to hear the word proclaimed from someone else’s voice for a change. That is a bit of a rarity when you are a solo pastor.…
Shepherdess Writes 