Today we find in our Gospel lesson that the people of Jesus’ time were curious about what heaven is like, just as many people today are. While we don’t have all the answers, we know what is important: just as we were blessed to be in community with others here on earth in this life, […]
In today’s story we are reminded of our connection to Christ’s death and resurrection in the sweet aroma of perfume – perfume which anointed Jesus’ body for burial, but also reminds us of the new life that Lazarus was given through Jesus. May the aroma of the oil that we were anointed with in baptism […]
Drawing on the women’s reaction to the empty tomb, inviting the hearer to remember one’s own confirmation, and the questions that arise as Easter people to this specific story of the resurrection and our life’s struggles, this Easter sermon brings “Christ is Risen” home to St. John’s.
Today we have the familiar story of Thomas, and his delayed encounter with Jesus following the resurrection, from which he is able to proclaim, “My Lord and my God!”. While we may also have our struggles in faith at times, we can rejoice and take heart, for Christ will continue to work in wonderful and […]
The preacher sees God’s power in the use of six little conjunctions in Luke’s resurrection narrative #but God can do what we can never imagine, including the defeat of death.
Thanks be to God for those like Thomas, who show us that our doubts can lead us to even greater faith, and even bless the faith of others too. May the questions in our hearts not be a way of despair, but rather an opportunity for us to grow in our faith as well, which […]
On this Easter Day, Jesus did what no one thought that he could do – he rose from death to new life. It is something that we as humans cannot fully understand, and yet as humans we fully can be grateful for. On this day the stone was rolled away, and we too are called […]
Using the Easter story from Matthew, this sermon includes an interactive conversation with the listeners. Where have you experienced simultaneous fear and joy?
While things may not always go as we would expect or even like, in the end we have exactly what we need. During this Lenten season our eyes are fixed on the cross where Christ did what we were not able to do, namely bring ourselves from death to new life. Everything dead is alive […]
Today we have the Sadducees questioning Jesus about the resurrection because they did not believe in it. So they pose a situation to Jesus that uses the law of Moses to show how a woman could have been married several times and then they want to know in the resurrection whose wife she would be. […]