Sermons from March 2013

By The Rev. Sherry Deets Easter Sunday – March 31, 2013 Luke 24:1-12 Christ is risen! Alleluia! Parker Palmer wrote an Easter meditation entitled: An Upside-Down Easter Meditation. I love it. His focus was on the words that were the title of a book: Threatened with Resurrection. Threatened with Resurrection. Those words had a huge impact on his life at a time when he was suffering with depression – which he called a death-in-life experience. The title jarred Palmer into…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 5 Lent – March 17, 2013 John 12:1-8 Like last week’s story of a father offering an extravagant gift of love, our gospel story for today is another story of an extravagant gift of love. As Jesus and his disciples are going to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover festival, they stop to have dinner in Bethany at the home of Jesus’ good friends, Mary, Martha and Lazarus. This event marks a turning point in Jesus’…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 4 Lent – March 10, 2013 Luke 15:1-3,11b-32 This parable, often called the Prodigal Son, is one of my favorites from Luke’s gospel. But to focus only on the prodigal son, misses the full meaning of this parable. The man had two sons, not just one; and the man, the father, is an amazing example of a father’s love in this parable. I’d like to walk us through the parable, pointing out some of the…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 3 Lent – March 3, 2013 Luke 13:1-9 While we read this story from Luke this morning in isolation, it doesn’t occur that way. In fact, we are entering an ongoing conversation midstream. Jesus is on the way to Jerusalem, teaching his disciples and the crowds as he goes. In chapter twelve he has told several potent parables on money and foolishness and always being prepared. He concludes by suggesting that those listening are not…