Easter Sunday – April 4, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Every time I hear this version of the Easter story – the one found in the Gospel of Mark, I just have to say two things. First – “that is no way to run a resurrection!” The Gospel of…
Maundy Thursday – April 1, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Tonight we enter into the most holy and sacred time of our lives as followers of Jesus, because tonight we enter into the three part service known as the Paschal Triduum – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. …
Palm Sunday – March 28, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Now, as I have often mentioned on this wild and crazy day we call Palm Sunday, good preachers will say, “Don’t try to preach everything that is going on in the texts today – it is too much.” …
March 14, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. One year ago. One year ago today, we celebrated the life of Pearl Anderson, a beloved parishioner, and then…we closed our doors. We did not, however, close our church. Far from it. We walked this journey through the desert together. We…
March 7, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Okay at first glance, it might seem that Jesus, in the gospel today, is taking March madness a little too literally, right? I mean we are only in the second chapter of this gospel and already he is taking a whip…
February 17, 2021 – Ash Wednesday: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Last year on Ash Wednesday, as we received the ashes, and heard the words “remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” – words that remind us of the fragility of life – words that…
February 14, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. So here we are… on what Hallmark calls Valentine’s Day, a day to celebrate love, we gather once more in this virtual space to celebrate the greatest love of all. And we find ourselves on the mountaintop with Jesus, Peter, James,…
February 7, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I have missed you all these past several weeks! You know, this pandemic separation has me thinking a bit more about family, perhaps you feel the same way. And that is especially so given the scripture we heard this morning. You…
January 10, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Soooo, anything interesting happen this week? Lordy. I saw a Facebook meme that said “I’d like to cancel my subscription to 2021. I’ve experienced the free 7 day trial and I’m not interested.” Yup – about sums it up, don’t ya…
January 3, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Today we celebrate Epiphany – the visit of the Magi. The feast of the Epiphany is January 6th, but we are celebrating it today. And it is this feast day that ends our Christmastide – our twelve days of Christmas. So,…
