Sermons

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120901_001 Imagine that there is a big family, and the parents, the mother and father, are preparing to go away on a long trip. And they’re about to give the children the instructions… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120825_001 The reading from John today is about a confrontation. It happened in December, or at least the Jewish month that corresponds to December, when Jesus was at the Temple in Jerusalem, during… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120818_001 Sometimes, at the end of a particularly hectic and confusing day, I feel like one of those snow globes that have a little scene inside a glass dome, where you shake them… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120811_001 John 20:24-29 says, “Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:   120804_002 The first witness to the resurrected Christ was Mary Magdalene. On the day after the crucifixion, Mary and all the other disciples had stayed at home the whole of that terrible Sabbath… Continue reading

No recording is available for this sermon. Maundy Thursday, the celebration of the New Commandment, is all about love. The gospel passage begins by telling us how much Jesus loved his friends. “Having loved his own who were in the… Continue reading

Below is an outline version of the sermon. To listen to it, click here: 120721_001 There’s always THAT kid in every group – exuberance – that seems to be what Mary of Bethany was like. (not Mary the mother of… Continue reading

To listen to this sermon, click here:  120714_001 The very best part of the story of the Prodigal Son is the homecoming, the part where the Father, standing on the front porch longing for the return of his lost son,… Continue reading