Sermons
Sermon: 6th Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2025
John 14:23-29
I went to visit my parents last weekend. It was a just-long-enough visit where the fish didn’t begin to smell, if you know what I mean. No overstayed welcome, short enough to refrain from getting irritated by quirks and word choices. Long enough to check in on how they are get...
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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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