The Rev. George Adamik reflects on John 20:19-31, doubting Thomas, and a distressing moment from his daughter’s orchestra class.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Sermons (Page 40)
On Easter, the Rev. George Adamik reflects on John 20:1-18: “The message of the Resurrection is Christ revealing to us the life that we’re called to live, the life we’re called to share, and he models for us the need to reach out to the suffering and the oppressed to bring about wholeness and healing in a broken world.”
At the Great Vigil of Easter, the Rev. Carr Holland: “To get Easter, to receive Easter in its depth, you have to become familiar with apparent failure.”
The Rev. Katie Gillett reflects on our encounters with silence in a homily on Good Friday (Isaiah 52:13-53:12, John 18:1-19:42).
On Maundy Thursday, the Rev. Javier Almendárez Bautista reflects on John 13:1-17, 31b-35: “This moment feels like the eye of the storm. Jesus, the great teacher and wonderworker, stops for just a moment before the culminating act of his earthly ministry and simply shares a meal with his closest friends.”
On Palm Sunday, the Rev. Javier Almendárez Bautista discusses Mark 14:1-15:47 (The Passion): “It’s all too easy to draw abstract conclusions about the meaning of Jesus’s crucifixion, all too tempting to simply see it as a God who desires punishment… but that is to miss the drama of the story, to miss the fact that before theologians tried to make sense of Jesus’s sacrifice, the disciples found it important to tell and retell and write down the story as they best remembered it.”
The Rev. Katie Gillett reflects on Jeremiah 31:31-34: “Do you ever take time at the end of the day to recall the day and reorient yourself? When I think of reorienting, I think of turning away from the anxieties, worries, and stress and turning instead to joy and peace.” Episcopal Deacon Katie Gillett is currently attending seminary at Duke University and will be with us learning and preaching until the end of April.
The Rev. Carr Holland reflects on Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:14-21: “This is a story of God remaining oddly, mercifully just. The Israelites sin, they are punished, they look upon the bronze snake and the cost of their sin is squarely seen. They choose hope, a will to see and change, and they are healed.”
Grace delivers the homily on Youth Sunday, March 4, 2018
Julia delivers the homily on Youth Sunday, March 4, 2018.