Sermon preached April 3, 2016
Texts: John 20:19-31
When you were a child at meal time, and you did not want to eat something on your plate, did you ever hear “There are children starving in parts of the world”? If you were witty you may have thought to yourself, “Well, you can send him
… View MoreSermon preached Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016
Texts: Luke 24:1-12
“Love Is All Around” Sonny Curtis (Mary Tyler Moore Theme song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zfti7b31rs
So this may have caught you a bit off-guard, particularly on Easter Sunday morning, maybe striking you as a little inappropriate. Take some comfort in knowing that at least I did not
… View MoreSermon preached Good Friday, March 25, 2016
Texts: Tenebrae readings from John’s gospel
Do you ever consider some of the events that took place in your birth year? In 1959, yes, that is sounding longer ago all the time – in 1959 Hitchcock’s North By Northwest and Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot were released into
… View MoreSermon preached Holy Thursday, March 24, 2016
Texts: Luke 22:14-27; John 13:1-17, 34-35
When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. A meal is happening here, a holiday meal. “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.”
If the internet is any
… View MoreSermon preached Palm/Passion Sunday March 20, 2016
Texts: Luke 19:28-40; Luke 23:32-49
Type “Famous People Born in Minnesota” into an internet search engine and you get an interesting list of names: Judy Garland, Jessica Lange, Jessica Biel, Bob Dylan, Prince, Garrison Keillor, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Jessie Ventura. On any list of famous people born in
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