Sermons
Sermon: 4 Easter Year B 4/21/24
Psalm 23
How many of you, when you saw that today’s Psalm was the 23rd Psalm, took a deep breath and felt your body relax? Or perhaps you closed your eyes and felt a warm embrace. Yes. This is that Psalm. The one that gives us a sense of comfort that almost goes beyond words. We tend t...
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Sermon: 3 Easter 4/14/2024 Year B
Building community takes trust
I attended our annual HOA meeting on Thursday evening this week. It was the first one I’ve attended here, and I wanted to meet some of our neighbors. I thought it might be a way to build community in this new place. We have met only a few neighbors. We’ve never socialized with...
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Sermon: Easter 2 Year B 2024
Every one of the disciples needed this physical meeting with the resurrected Jesus to be able to move forward in their ministries.
Many years ago, my mom’s then 60-year-old younger brother, Jack, was in the hospital. He was not doing well at all. I called his hospital room and asked if I could come to visit him. I was told “no.” He did not want anyone to see him “like this.” I was heartbroken. Jack was my...
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Sermon: Easter Sunday 3/31/2024
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
Alleluia! Christ is risen! Maybe it’s just me, but I often think the stars of the Easter story are the women. In every version of this resurrection story, it is the women who go to the tomb first. They shake off their grief after hours of weeping and take themselves to the tom...
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Sermon: Good Friday Year B 3/29/2024
Jesus breathed his last breath.
We’ve been walking this journey with Jesus since Sunday morning, when we began the day with shouts of “Hosanna!” Last night, we did as Jesus did and washed feet, received the Last Supper, and today, even knowing the love and companionship of this Son of God, we joined the crow...
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