The preacher has proclaimed Lent 3 to be “fear, love, and trust God” Sunday as we hear the 10 commandments and the story of Jesus driving out the money changers in the temple. This sermon is framed by two fictitious examples of feeling the weight of the law each in their own way.
On Holy Cross day, crosses were brought to the liturgy for blessing and as symbols of the love of God in Christ Jesus. Pauls’ theology of the cross is lifted up as the intersection of God’s Law (Jewish signs) human achievement (Greek wisdom) …that intersection on the cross is…Jesus
As we celebrate Trinity Sunday, we are reminded once again that despite all the ways that we grow in our knowledge of God, there will still always be some things that we can’t fully understand. Yet thanks be to God that we continue to hear the familiar voice of Christ speaking to us through the […]
On this Pentecost Sunday and service of Confirmation those gathered were invited to consider: “What has the Spirit done for you lately?” and “How has the Spirit led the mission of St. John’s in these days?” The heartbeat of the church’s worship was prayed in song… Holy Spirit Come to Us!
Today’s Gospel lesson is a great reminder to us that while we may not have all the answers to life’s questions and questions of faith, we have the answers that we truly need. We know that Jesus is God’s Son, and that God is well pleased with him. We know that in baptism we are […]
Today Jesus once again reminds us of our most important connection – our connection with the family of God. And as we were reminded last week, it doesn’t matter what your original birth status is, for everyone is welcome to be born of water and the Spirit and to be made a member of the […]
On this day we celebrate Trinity Sunday, and while we can at times struggle to explain our God as three in one, what we can definitively say about the Trinity is that we have a God of relationship and a God of love. In baptism we are forever tied to the Trinity as we are […]
This sermon begins with a 35th Anniversary nod to the movie that changed the culture of a country, Star Wars. The preacher posits that today more people can identify the function of the “force” than can identify with The Holy Spirit’s role in the world. What is the spirit’s function and identity? To thrill the world […]
On this 5th Sunday after Easter we rejoice that we are indeed not alone, but that God continues to be with us in very real ways. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Christ continues to abide in us and we in him. And if we think about a vine and its branches, we know […]
Celebrating “The Holy Name of Jesus” this sermon is based on Phillipians 2. In ancient days to know someone’s name meant having power over that person. Having the mind of Christ, and bearing his name we have the privilege of emptying ourselves and being others’ servants instead of having power over them. God saves is […]