Sermons

Easter: For many in the class it was hard to understand the resurrection narratives of Jesus simply from the biblical accounts they had studied.

Easter: Believing in the resurrection, though, is not about being convinced by a logical argument but beginning to trust a different way of seeing life.

Good Friday: If we fail to see the part we play in our world’s pain and brokenness, we miss the deepest truth of Good Friday—the chance to know an unimaginably forgiving love flowing from the cross.

Maundy Thursday: We waved our palm branches, sang “Hosanna!” and then minutes later shouted with the crowd, “Crucify him!”

Palm Sunday: In Christ hanging on the cross we see as much of God as we can ever hope to see—God’s complete self-giving love, God’s identifying with our humanity even in dying, God’s promising us that there is nothing we can face in this life that can separate us from God’s love.

Lent V: Extravagance, going for broke, putting our hearts and souls on the line—that’s something that doesn’t come naturally to most of us prudent types.

Lent II: The tragic truth of today is that if Jesus agonized and even wept over Jerusalem then, the tears would be flowing non-stop now.

Lent I: Jesus is tempted to believe that there can be an easy way through life, a shortcut to salvation.

We give thanks to almighty God for a live well lived and a servant who was tempered and made stronger by the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Epiphany IV: Christian love takes every ounce of your maturity and hard work over a lifetime, waking up every morning asking God for the grace to help you love despite others and despite yourself.