Sermons from February 2013

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 2 Lent – February 24, 2013 Luke 13:31-35 Barbara Brown Taylor, an Episcopal priest, tells in one of her sermons about a window in a small chapel at the place where Jesus wept over Jerusalem. The window is divided into sections by an iron grillwork and, at first appearance, looks like a stained glass window. But it is not stained glass. It is clear glass, and it looks out onto the city of Jerusalem. Below…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 1 Lent – February 17, 2013 Luke 4:1-13 So, today, this first Sunday in the holy season of Lent, we heard from Luke about Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. I wonder if temptation is one of those things we have a hard time talking honestly about in church. We tend to jump to the cultural racy topics of sex, power and drugs, or we move to a more traditional view and get all full of…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 4 Epiphany – February 3, 2013 Luke 4:21-30 So in the fourth chapter of Luke’s gospel, when those who thought they knew him because they had known him his whole life said of Jesus, “Is this not Joseph’s son,” the answer is no, actually, this is not Joseph’s son. This person you thought you knew is God’s son. And that changes everything. When Jesus read the passage from Isaiah about bringing good news to the…