4th Sunday in Easter, Year A April 26, 2026 John 10:1-10 Good morning and welcome to Good Gate Sunday, otherwise known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Maybe you have been coming to an Episcopal church (or any other mainline denomination) long enough to know that the 4th Sunday of Easter is Good Shepherd Sunday! But in … Continue reading The Gate
3rd Sunday in Easter, Year A April 19, 2026 Luke 24:13-35 This year, as some of you may be aware, I have become immersed in the world of sourdough bread making. And by that I mean, I have joined a bread cult. There are Facebook groups and instagram sourdough queens and kings and just like … Continue reading We Had Hoped
Easter Sunday 2026 John 20:1-18 In 2014 two rock climbing friends, Kevin Jorgesen and Tommy Caldwell, attempted the first ever free climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Free climbing is climbing a rock face using no ropes, harnesses, or fixed anchors, but only the small finger and toe holds … Continue reading She Stayed
Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year C Jun 1, 2025, Acts 16:16-34 On our last Sunday before the Pentecost, we have a very interesting account of Paul, Silas, Luke and others who were busy spreading the Good News in towns and villages and what happens when the Gospel of Jesus Christ messes with the powers that … Continue reading Liberation
Fourth Sunday in Easter, Year C May 11, 2025 Acts 9:36-43 Not only is it Mother’s Day, but it is also Good Shepherd Sunday! Our reading from the Book of Acts remembers a woman, Tabitha, called Dorcas by the Greek speakers in her region. Tabitha is representative of first-century women who were exemplary disciples of … Continue reading Remembering Tabitha, Methetria
Third Sunday in Easter, Year C May 4, 2025 John 21: 1-19 My friends, I cannot begin this sermon without first acknowledging on this third Sunday in Easter, May the 4th be with you! In the 50 days between Jesus’ resurrection from the dead and his ascension back to what we call the heavenly realm, … Continue reading Come on in, Breakfast is Waiting
Easter Sunday, Year CApril 20, 2025 Alleluia! Christ is Risen! What a week we have remembered. From Palm Sunday to this joyful Easter morning we have walked a path from cries of hosanna (which means save us!) to sorrow to unbelievable joy. If it feels like whiplash, can you imagine what the followers of Jesus … Continue reading Never Let ‘Em Steal Your Joy!
Mary Magdalene in the garden with Jesus, detail of mosaic in Resurrection Chapel, Washington National Cathedral Easter Sunday, Year B John 20:1-18 Alleluia! Christ is Risen! This Sunday marks the reason for our joy as Christians even in the face of a world that gives us little reason to believe we have any joy or … Continue reading I Have Seen the Lord!
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