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!
Well, I never thought my second semester of seminary would be upended by a pandemic. We are cautioned about our expectations and are warned that many things will surprise us in this journey, but it doesn’t seem unreasonable to have pandemic at the top of the list of “Things I Did Not Expect.” So, after … Continue reading Staring at an Empty Tomb and Zoom
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