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180401 – April Fools
Yr B ~ Easter Sunday ~ Mark 16:1-8 It only happens 3 or 4 times in a century. The last time it happened was in 1956. The next time it’s going to happen is just 11 years from now in…
Larry Doyle
180325 – Cross Trek: Temerity
Lent 6 – Palm Sunday – John 12:12-16 Even though each Gospel’s version of the story differs slightly in its details, the general thrust of what we call the Palm Sunday entry of Jesus into Jerusalem marking the beginning of…
180318 – Cross Trek: Tenacity
Yr B – Lent 5 – John 12:24-26 No tengo responsibilidades en absoluto! Such was my El Salvador mantra. In case you didn’t know, Cynthia and I have just returned from a week long mission awareness trip to El Salvador.…
180304 – Cross Trek: Receptivity
Yr B ~ Lent 3 ~ John 3:16-21 I am a sinner and so are you. I know that’s not your typical United Church kind of statement, and I know that I’ve just risked a number of you instantly tuning…
180225 – Cross Trek: Integrity
Yr B ~ Lent 2 ~ John 2:13-22 Scripture passages like today’s are sometimes tricky because the story is really familiar for those of us who’ve been hanging around churches for a long time but the details really can change…
180218 – Cross Trek: Cruciformity
Yr B ~ Lent 1 ~ Mark 8:34-38 Mark Twain once said, “It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.” Today we get one of those…
180211 – Dazzling Darkness
Yr B ~ Transfiguration ~ Mark 9:2-9 [A monologue in the voice of Simon-Peter] Dear Diary. What a week it’s been! Six days ago I was walking along with Jesus and the gang and out of nowhere he asked what…
180204 – Modus Operandi
Yr B ~ Epiphany 5 ~ Mark 1:29-39 If you’ve been with us through January then by now you’re probably getting pretty adept at reading between the lines in the Gospel of Mark. We know that Mark writes very sparingly,…
180128 – Thunderstruck
Yr B ~ Epiphany 4 ~ Mark 1:21-28 Other gospels want us to be awestruck by Jesus. I think the writer of the Gospel according to Mark wants that too, but first he wants to make sure he’s got your…
180121 – Getting On Board
Yr B ~ Epiphany 3 ~ Mark 1:14-20 Welcome to the shortest sermon in history! Don’t get your hopes up. I’m not talking about my sermon – I’m talking about the first one Jesus preached in Mark’s gospel. And even…