Sermons

The Way of Love

May 10, 2020
John 14:1-14
Speaker:

Here we are in the 5th week past Easter and the scripture passage puts us right back to the days just before Jesus’ death. This passage in John is part […]

Hospitality in the Face of Fear

May 03, 2020
Luke 24:13-35
Speaker:

It is three Sundays after Easter; we are meant to be reading about Jesus the Good Shepherd. (And you can do that: John 10 and Psalm 23 are always there […]

Wounded and Risen Christ

April 19, 2020
John 20:19-31
Speaker:

It is good to be together again celebrating resurrection even though it feels like we are still living in the tomb, in the midst of death. Death is all around […]

Christ Revealed

April 12, 2020
John 20:1-18
Speaker:

Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Thank God for this day of alleluias in the midst of this pandemic experience. Some churches have considered holding off on Easter […]

Palm Sunday Reflection

April 05, 2020
John 13:1-17
Speaker:

Our element today from creation is fire; our biblical story is from John about footwashing -with water. It is easy to see that water puts out fire – but today, […]

Temptation Revelations

March 01, 2020
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11
Speaker:

Today we, once again, mark the first Sunday of Lent – a forty day journey of reflection and repentance that resembles the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness preparing […]

Ordinary Transfiguration

February 23, 2020
Matthew 17:1-9; II Peter 1:9-16
Speaker:

For the past three weeks we have been hearing passages from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount as found in the gospel of Matthew. Today we skip ahead in Matthew’s account […]

On The Border

February 09, 2020
Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 5:14-16
Speaker:

I have been back from New Mexico and Texas, from the borderlands, for two weeks. Thank you for your prayers and support as I traveled. Your care and concern accompanied […]

Jesus Abridged

February 02, 2020
Micah 6:1-8
Speaker:

It’s Super Bowl Sunday! Some of you couldn’t care less about that statement. While others of us have a mild interest in the game that will be taking place this […]

“Can’t We All Just …?”

January 26, 2020
Psalm 27: 6-9; Matthew 4:17-22; I Corinthians 1:10-13
Speaker:

Good Morning. This is the 3rd Sunday of Epiphany – when the Three Wise Men deduced that the star moving before them was leading to a baby who was god’s […]