Sermon in part. This week’s sermon is a dialog with the congregation about psalm 63 and is only partially posted here for obvious reasons. Lent 3C Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 Oh say, poet, what you do? I praise. But what about the deadly and monstrous? How do you keep going,…
Lent 2C Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 I have always thought that Lent was an odd season. I grew up in a church that had little to no observation of this purple season and did not really come to know it as an important part of the church year until I was an adult. It is full…
John 20:11-16, Psalm 139 a Lenten Wednesday sermon They have taken my Lord away and I do not know where they have laid him. Ever feel like that? I know I do. For some reason Lent always reminds me of those times when it seems like we can’t find God no matter how hard we…
One of the most profound things I’ve ever heard spoken about scripture is this: God did not give us the bible we wanted; he gave us the bible we needed. So, too, is this true of Jesus. God did not give us the savior, the messiah, that the Jews expected or wanted or that we…
Genesis 15:1-12,17-18Psalm 27Phil 3:17-4:1Luke 13:31-35 Lent is an oddly shaped season. It is full of contradictions, opposites and uncomfortable places. It lasts 40 days. 40 is a symbolic number in scripture. There is rain for 40 days and nights. 40 years wandering in the wilderness for the children of Israel. 40 days in the desert…
Shepherdess Writes 