Sermons on Love
Sunday June 18th, 2023 Worship
A few weeks ago, our reading was the one commonly referred to as “The Great Commission,” also known as “go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28: 19). Yet, I wish that today’s reading from earlier in Matthew would actually be the one given this title because I think it more fully embodies…
Sunday April 30th, 2023 Worship
On this Sunday, we are yet again given another story by Jesus about sheep and reminded that he has come to give us life and that it would be a full life (John 10). But what does any of this even mean? There are two different questions that I want to think about in relation to this; the first is what does it mean for us to be like sheep, while the second is what does it…
Maundy Thursday April 6th, 2023 Worship
On my second trip to the Holy Land, our tour guide took us to the spot where Jesus and his disciples likely had the Last Supper, as depicted in tonight’s Gospel reading of the Passover meal and which we remember tonight on this Maundy Thursday. If we hadn’t had our tour guide with us, we probably would have missed it. Because it was this upper room, tucked away amidst all…