Sermons from April 2020
A Hard Road
3 Easter – April 26, 2020 Luke 24:13-35 So, life is kind of awful right now. It’s awful. We are all adjusting to new realities and grieving the loss of old ones. We are experiencing collective loss. We’re simply trying to manage our daily lives – some of us taking care of our children or parents, dealing with financial stresses, and adjusting to a different way of life. It is stressful, it is anxiety producing. But I want you…
Easter Balance
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…
Good Friday Vulnerability and Truth
Good Friday 2020 April 10, 2020 And so, it is Good Friday. And it’s an awful Friday. It’s day of paradox, of tension, of contradiction. It’s a day of darkness and light. It is a day filled with vulnerability and truth. And this Good Friday is one in which the world, collectively, is experiencing vulnerability. We are uncertain, we feel as if the ground is shifting underneath us, we are afraid, we are perhaps disheartened, wondering what’s next, when…