Sermons

Easter VI

Easter V: God is saying something to us in the streets of Baltimore, Ferguson, Oakland, and New York. We have the opportunity—and the responsibility—to read the current moment and respond.

Easter IV: For Jesus, there is no “other,” no “us and them,” no group or tribe or race or orientation which we should exclude from the love of God in us. There is no “them,” no “other sheep;” there is only us all, the sheep whom Christ loves.

Easter III: Resurrection is about a new heaven and a new earth. In raising Jesus, God has taken the first step in the remaking of creation. Not just Jesus and not only his friends, but the whole world is being renewed. When it is all over, creation will resemble what God originally intended.

Easter II: But I think it’s a struggle for all of us. We all have things that we lock up inside that need to be unlocked to liberate us to experience that same Easter joy and purpose.

A Celebration of the Life of Norman Scribner

Easter: If you are poised for resurrection, he knows. And he knows what you’ve been through to reach this place. He wants you to know that he’s here for you, to walk before you toward a new life.

The Great Vigil of Easter: By the power of God, death becomes something else: an exclamation point, the opening of new and everlasting life that exceeds our wildest imaginings.

Good Friday: We cannot become the people God is making us into unless we let down our guards and accept that life is precious precisely because it is so fragile.