"easter" Tagged Sermons

Easter – April 12, 2020 John 20:1-18           Alleluia! Christ is risen!  Even though we are celebrating this Easter differently than we ever have before, we can still proclaim our Alleluias!  loudly and boldly, knowing that Christ rose from the dead because of God’s great love for all of us. This resurrection story experience from John, actually hits pretty close to home with our pandemic experience.  After Jesus’ crucifixion, the disciples had been hiding out in their homes, afraid, trying…

4 Easter – April 26, 2015 John 10:11-18 Today is often called Good Shepherd Sunday and this image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd tends to give most of us a warm and fuzzy feeling of comfort. I have in my own home a picture of Jesus holding a sheep for that reason. You may be surprised to know that this discourse from John’s gospel actually emerges out of a conflict Jesus has with the religious authorities which begins in…

2 Easter – April 12, 2015 John 20:19-31 This piece of scripture from John always occurs the Sunday after Easter in our lectionary and is often called “Doubting Thomas Sunday”.   I am not sure that Thomas really deserves a bad rap for his questioning, it seems pretty reasonable to me and Jesus responded.  I wonder if we focus on what we call doubting, because it validates our own sense of doubt about the resurrection.  Thomas’ need for proof justifies our…