Sermons (Page 49)
Easter Vigil
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…
Good Friday
Every time we read the Passion narrative, something different catches my attention. This year, it was the scene where Peter cut off Malchus’s ear. Now, it wasn’t the severed appendage that stood out. Rather, it was my shock that I had never realized how important those four sentences were to understanding Jesus’s life and ministry…
Maundy Thursday
Today, Maundy Thursday, is the first part of a three day service. On this first day, we are in limbo. We are in between the long Lenten season and on the threshold of what’s to come. We have engaged in self-examination, fasting and prayer. As we said in our confession moments ago, in this Lenten season we have “heard our Lord’s call to struggle against sin, death, and all that keeps us from loving God and each other.”