Sermons from May 2021
Three in One
Trinity Sunday – May 30, 2021 John 3:1-17 You may know that I have a habit of listening to podcasts while I take my walks. I just listened to an interview with an astronomer, Jill Tarter, who is one of the pioneers in the field of SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and she shares how their understanding of what’s out there continues to evolve – “we see the world one way, and then we see something that changes…
The Language of Pentecost
Pentecost – May 23, 2021 Acts 2:1-21 and John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 It’s Pentecost! This day is considered the birthday of the church, the remembrance of the day marked by wind and flames and the filling of the Holy Spirit which brought with it speaking in different languages. Some speaking a language they had never spoken before, others hearing in a language they never understood before. That Spirit of God—the Holy Spirit—has always been around. From the beginning of time,…
Become Love
6 Easter – May 9, 2021 John 15:9-17 Last Sunday we heard about vines. Jesus used a vivid image of a branch abiding in a vine. If the branch were to separate itself from the vine, it would wither and die. But if it simply stays connected, the vines aliveness flows into the branch and bears fruit through it. So, if we abide or remain in vital connection to Christ, the Spirit will flow with God’s aliveness in and…
Creative Pruning
5 Easter – May 2, 2021 John 15:1-8 and Acts 8:26-40 We are given two rich pieces of scripture today, the amazing story of Ethiopian eunuch and the story of the vine and the branches. Jesus is telling us that we are the branches and he is the vine – that we cannot bear fruit by ourselves unless we abide in the vine. It’s a counter cultural message in this age of ‘pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps’ and…