What does it mean to be an Easter person? Three newly baptized women, Bob Miller, and the pastors of this church can tell you. What about you? Psalm 118:24, John 20:19-31
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Sermons on Baptism
Using the texts from Jeremiah and the first Psalm, we discover our authentic selves in the waters of baptism. For 190 years St. John’s has been rooted in God’s baptismal covenant! Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1
Acts 2:39: “For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.” With these words, the preacher’s grandchild Blair becomes a part of the Body of Christ in Baptism.
In celebration of Lucy Bramer-Kuntz’s baptism into the family of God, this homily ponders how God is made manifest in Christ in the world and church into which she is baptized.
On this day that we celebrate the baptism of our Lord, may we also celebrate our own, knowing that just as baptism was a way that God was able to announce favor and establish identity for Jesus through this act, the same is also done for us in baptism, in order that we might know […]
Today we are reminded that Jesus fulfilled the words of Isaiah from so long ago as he brought good news to the poor, proclaimed release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, let the oppressed go free, and proclaimed the year of the Lord’s favor as he preached forgiveness of sins and […]
On this day of the Baptism of our Lord, we hear that the life of Christ and our lives as Christians are linked. And, in our baptism, we are joined to Christ whom the voice says “is beloved and with whom I am well pleased.”
This sermon makes a comparison between the characteristics of mothers and “mother church.” At their best, both demonstrate nurturing, unity, and are tellers of story (word). Today is First Communion Sunday, church music Sunday, the baptism of Blaine Gapinski, and Mothers Day. Put it all together and you have… EASTER!
What happened with Jesus after he was baptized is what happens with Christians after we are baptized. Our wilderness lasts a lifetime. We need a savior. Thanks be to God for Jesus Christ.
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