Sermons
Sermon: Easter 3 Year C May 4, 2025
John 21:1-19
I just can’t stop thinking about Peter. Maybe because I might identify with him more than I have realized before. He’s never been afraid to ask questions that others were unwilling to or were afraid to ask. Maybe they didn’t want to know the answer or maybe they didn’t want to...
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Ann Beard burial Homily
4.29.2025
I think one of the most difficult things any one of us can do is to watch as someone we love experiences dementia. The person we once knew sometimes becomes someone we no longer recognize. Their behavior changes, their abilities diminish, they don’t act like they once did and ...
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Sermon: 2nd Sunday of Easter 2025
John 20:19-31
I know you know this story. We hear it every year the Sunday after Easter. We generally take this time to recognize that even though we, like Thomas, were not there that day when Jesus miraculously appeared inside a locked room to bring peace and the Holy Spirit to those disci...
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Palm Sunday – The Passion of our Lord
Year C April 13, 2025
Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna! I have always liked this service. The physical movement from one part of the building to another makes it feel like we are a part of the story, still. We celebrate Jesus coming into Jerusalem for the annual cel...
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Maundy Thursday Sermon
April 17, 2025
I have found myself watching far too many reels on Facebook lately. I get myself wrapped up in the ones that are mini films that are produced to help people see what “good” can look like in the world. In many, there is a person who looks to be homeless who enters a space where...
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