Jane Butterfield

Sermons and Bible Studies
Companions in Transformation, Last Sunday in Epiphany (C) – 2004
Whenever Moses was with God on the mountain he was transformed. Likewise Jesus was transformed upon the mountain as he was with God, joined by the great prophets of God, Moses and Elijah. The countenance of Jesus was altered and his raiment became dazzling white. The human reaction to this transformation was initially fear, or […]
A Dangerous Mission, Last Sunday in Epiphany (B) – 2003
Today the whole church celebrates World Mission Sunday. This observance always comes on the last Sunday of Epiphany, and intentionally, as this is also the Sunday when we recall the Transfiguration of Jesus, just before he begins his final entry into Jerusalem. He has been out in the world, having emerged several years before from […]
No Burning, No Fire, Last Sunday in Epiphany (C) – 2001
Generating Mission Light “The church exists by mission as a fire exists by burning.” No burning, no fire. No mission, no church. Emil Brunner nicely sums up this simple truth in one inescapable sentence. For generations, the church has tried to ignore it, making the church into a private club, a comfortable chaplaincy, and a […]
Generating Mission Light, Last Sunday in Epiphany (C) – 2001
“The church exists by mission as a fire exists by burning.” No burning, no fire. No mission, no church. Emil Brunner nicely sums up this simple truth in one inescapable sentence. For generations, the church has tried to ignore it, making the church into a private club, a comfortable chaplaincy, and a fund-raising and fund-dispersing […]
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