Sermons by Vicar Bethany Ulrich (Page 4)

My preaching professors taught me to preach from scars and avoid preaching from open wounds so, I won’t go into the details of my the tragic death that touched my family quite close this week, but I’ll just say that If I thought last week was hard to find glimpses of easter and the resurrection, this week has been ten times more difficult…

While we shout Alleluia and throw confetti right away on Easter morning, it wasn’t so straight forward on that first Easter…

It is early morning, still dark, before anyone else has arisen. Mary arrives at the tomb- Christ is not there. Mary starts weeping because the body of Jesus is not where she thought it was. Not only did he die a death of a criminal on the cross, but now it seems his dead body won’t even have the dignity to be left in peace…