Sermons from January 2015

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 3 Epiphany, January 25, 2015 Mark 1:14-20 So, we are in the church season called Epiphany and you recall that Epiphany is an immediate and meaningful understanding of something. Surprising. Sudden. Profound. There are several things I could focus on with our gospel reading this morning, but this time the word ‘immediately’ caught my attention. I think that “immediately” can be less about marking time and more about describing action. Immediately does not only designate…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets Epiphany – January 4, 2015 Matthew 2:1-12 Happy New Year! Happy Epiphany! Today we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany and the beginning of a new church season. Matthew tells us of the wise men, gentiles, also known as the Magi, who observed a star and came in search of the child, born king of the Jews. Not unheard of in that day – the idea that heavenly signs marked the births and deaths of…