Using the combined images of abundant life and the good shepherd’s mission, this sermon invites the hearer to not be “afraid to death” but “live to death.” The sermon expands the lectionary text by one verse. Adding “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
Using the concept of “emotional branding” from the PBS Frontline TV show, this sermon looks at the things that St. John’s offers as place where the church may reclaim its position as a place to help people discover their deep seated need to belong and be spiritually connected. Jesus words in John 10:10b “I came […]