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Yr C ~ Easter 6 ~ Revelation 21:10, and 21:22 to 22:5 (part 4 of a 4-part series – please read the whole series!) We’ve been delving into the last book of the bible, a book called Revelation, for the…
Yr C ~ Easter 5 ~ Revelation 21:1-6 (part 3 of a 4-part series – please read the whole series!) The Book of Revelation is so convoluted and complicated with layer upon layer of imagery, and double meanings, and numerology,…
Yr C ~ Easter 4 ~ Revelation 7:9-17 It’s weird, but I think it’s wonderful! I really like this Book of Revelation, even as I struggle with wading through the language and the imagery. It’s really worth the effort because…
Yr C ~ Easter 3 ~ Revelation 5:11-14 Today’s passage in Revelation 5 is a beautiful celebration of praise and adoration for the risen Christ, and for God. Unfortunately, many of us in modern, Mainline Protestant churches can’t hear that…
Yr C ~ Easter Sunday ~ Luke 24:1-12 Think of something in your life right now that’s very good – something that’s going well, it’s on the right track – something that wasn’t going so well before maybe, but now…
Maybe Maybe they were actually starting to get it, to understand? Maybe that was the reason? Maybe it was that who Jesus was, and what he taught, and what the kingdom he embodied and revealed meant, maybe all that was…
Do As I Have Done Every year I remind you on Maundy Thursday that the word Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum – which means mandate, or more precisely commandment. Commandments are not optional. This isn’t ‘suggestion Thursday’, or…
Yr C ~ Palm Sunday ~ Luke 19:28-40 Try to picture the scene. Jesus is with his disciples on the outskirts of Jerusalem, and they and thousands of other faithful Jewish folks are making a pilgrimage to the holy city…
Yr C ~ Lent 5 ~ Psalm 126 Communion On one level, our text today, Psalm 126, is simple to interpret. The psalmist is clearly in one of those in-between places in life, remembering when life used to be great,…
Yr C ~ Psalm 32 ~ Lent 4 Sin, confession, and forgiveness. It’s a big, heavy topic today (yes, that means the sermon is long!), and it’s a topic that we tend to avoid in our church tradition (which is…