Sermons & Newsletter Articles

It Would Have Been Enough

Year A Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 28:1-10 Easter Sunday During the forty days of Lent… we did not sing or say Alleluia… our joy was replaced by waiting… during the forty days of Lent… we reflected on our brokenness… and we bore the ashes of… and remembered our mortality… during the forty...

Living in Hope

My God… my God… why have you forsaken me… these words were spoken by Jesus… but there are people who said these words last month… and this month… this week… and this day… maybe even as I’m saying them now… people who never thought… could never have imagined… that a pandemic would touch their...

Love One Another

Year A Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 11:17-26 John 17:11-26 Love one another… these are powerful words… Jesus has finished his work on earth… and is spending his last hours with his disciples… his inner circle… they have gathered to share one last meal… and spend their precious remaining time together… Jesus uses this time...

Dreams and Wakefulness

Year A Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 27:11-54 Have you ever heard of lucid dreaming… dreams in which you know you’re asleep… you may even say out loud to yourself in the dream… I’m in bed and just dreaming… and to varying degrees… you can actually control what happens in the dream…...

Our Own Wilderness Journey

I really didn’t want to give up this much for Lent. And I didn’t want to give up Holy Week either. Or Easter. At 7:30 am on March 15, my body had a “felt sense” that I was in the wrong place. I woke up at the usual time, but when I would typically...