Sermons from April 2019
Doubting Thomas
Doubting Thomas Second Sunday of Easter April 28, 2019 John 20:19-31 Doubting Thomas is arguably the patron saint of modern belief. I am amazed that he was brave enough to stand up to all those other disciples who said they had seen the Lord and that he said he was not going to believe in the Resurrected Jesus until he saw Jesus and his wounds with his own eyes and…
Jesus on the Surface
Jesus on the Surface of it was a big failure Easter Sunday April 20, 2019 There was a New Yorker cartoon published some time ago that showed two very bored and fed-up looking Roman soldiers standing guard outside Jesus’ tomb. And one of them says to the other, “I don’t know what all the fuss is about, in a year’s time no one will remember his name.” And in one respect…
The Transformative Power of the Eucharist
The Transformative Power of the Eucharist Maundy Thursday April 18, 2019 Preaching Texts: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 & John 13:1-17, 31b-35 A couple of days ago, I found myself pondering the importance of the Eucharist when my husband came across a photo – of my father. This is back in 1944 or 1945. He is leading a Holy Communion Service on the hood of a jeep…
Spiritually Peaky
Spiritually Peaky Passion Sunday – The Fifth Sunday of Lent April 7, 2019 Preaching Texts Philippians 3:4b-14 If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as…