John 20:19-31
Easter 2A
[…] it does just now. We will loop back to this COVID-19 related thought below but first let’s look at the disciple at the center of this post- Easter story. Poor Thomas. He is the classic example of the old saying, “Make just one little mistake and you’re labeled for life!” Or in Thomas’s case, […]
Psalm 22:25-31
Easter 5B
[…] it is again as we proceed through Eastertide. Of course, as Psalm 22 begins it could not be a less likely candidate for the joyful Season of Easter. The first part of this psalm is that famous cry of dereliction echoed by Jesus from his cross and it proceeds from there with a series […]
Psalm 4
Easter 3B
[…] are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent,” the poet adds in verse 4. Perhaps such a plea for belief is particularly pertinent in the Easter season. After all, the church professes, “He is risen! He is risen indeed!” But on Easter Sunday morning some in our churches said that without believing […]
Psalm 4
Easter 3B
[…] safety”). I’ll return to that theme of sleep at the end of my comments. The larger church has chosen this Psalm 4 for this Third Sunday of Easter because it seems a fit liturgical response to the reading from Acts 3:12-19. That’s where Peter responds to those who question his healing of the crippled […]
John 13:31-35
Easter 5C
[…] But there we have it. Yet perhaps upon reflection this is not so odd after all. Indeed, it may even be curiously apt. Consider: Our celebration of Easter is properly enhanced, and our joy refined and deepened, when we can nestle the good news of Christ’s resurrection in its proper context of sacrifice, suffering, […]
John 17:20-26
Easter 7C
Easter (Special Days); Easter (Church Seasons); Jesus Christ (Trinity and Incarnation); Glory (Theological Topics); Lectionary (Preaching and Worship Practice); Sermon (Preaching and Worship Practice)
Acts 5:27-32
Easter 2C
[…] Christ. Their now-exalted Prince and Savior now lead the ones who followed Jesus through his trials through their trials. This text is appropriate during the season of Easter because it explicitly includes a description of God raising Jesus from the dead (30). However, it also displays the power of the resurrection to raise God’s […]
Acts 10:34-43
Easter Day C
[…] God’s work. As long as they live, God longs to send God’s Spirit on those outsiders, just as God sent the Holy Spirit on the Cornelius. During Eastertide the Revised Common Lectionary appoints readings from Acts in place of Old Testament readings and so the sermon commentaries during Eastertide will center on those texts. […]
Acts 10:34-43
Easter Day A
[…] God’s work. As long as they live, God longs to send God’s Spirit on those outsiders, just as God sent the Holy Spirit on the Cornelius. So Easter Sunday may be a good time for preachers and teachers who serve the risen Savior to challenge our hearers to pray for those who don’t yet […]
John 14:15-21
Easter 6A
We are in the Easter season and we’ve spent the better part of it remembering all of the different ways that Jesus spoke of the Easter power to come even while he was still here with his disciples. We pick up this week right where we left off last week. Jesus called himself the […]
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