Sermons
Lent 5A; John 11:1-45
For to your faithful people, O Lord, life is changed, not ended.
These words come from the Proper Preface of a Communion service within a funeral. Proper Prefaces are the variable words of a...
Read MoreLent 4A; John 9
We spend a lot of time in the Gospel of John during Lent of Year A. If you remember from last week I pointed out that, among other things, John uses images of light and dark and he gives us some...
Read MoreLent 3A; John 4:5-42
First, let me say that John's gospel is very different from the other three. Miracles lead to belief, he uses images of light and dark a lot, there are long stories and monologues, Jesus is always...
Read MoreLent 1A; Matt.: 4:1-11
After he was baptized by John in the Jordan, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The...
Read MoreAsh Wednesday
If you haven't noticed, we live in a world of social media. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Mastodon, and I don't know what else is out there happily taking in the lives we give them. It is very much...
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