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Upcoming Sermons
In the Darkness, The Great Vigil of Easter (A) – April 8, 2023
All of the sermons for Holy Week and Easter are available as part of a downloadable compilation suitable for use with your congregation and small group, or by yourself as…
The Hour Has Come, Good Friday – April 7, 2023
All of the sermons for Holy Week and Easter are available as part of a downloadable compilation suitable for use with your congregation and small group, or by yourself as…
Remember, Maundy Thursday – April 6, 2023
All of the sermons for Holy Week and Easter are available as part of a downloadable compilation suitable for use with your congregation and small group, or by yourself as…
Love and Betrayal, Wednesday in Holy Week – April 5, 2023
All of the sermons for Holy Week and Easter are available as part of a downloadable compilation suitable for use with your congregation and small group, or by yourself as…
Let Go Into Jesus, Tuesday in Holy Week – April 4, 2023
All of the sermons for Holy Week and Easter are available as part of a downloadable compilation suitable for use with your congregation and small group, or by yourself as…
Leave Her Alone. She Is Telling the Truth., Monday in Holy Week – April 3, 2023
All of the sermons for Holy Week and Easter are available as part of a downloadable compilation suitable for use with your congregation and small group, or by yourself as…
Victory, Palm Sunday (A) – April 2, 2023
All of the sermons for Holy Week and Easter are available as part of a downloadable compilation suitable for use with your congregation and small group, or by yourself as…
Death, Lent 5 (A) – March 26, 2023
[RCL] Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 These long readings from John’s Gospel during Lent have a depth and a power to them that can, if we take…
Confusion, Lent 4 (A) – March 19, 2023
[RCL] 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 This morning’s gospel reading is full of confusion. We have the event itself – Jesus spitting into dirt to make…
Upcoming Bible Studies
Bible Study: Easter 6 (A) – May 14, 2023
[RCL] Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:7-18; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 Acts 17:22-31 In our first lesson this week, we are placed in the midst of the story as Paul, traveling…
Bible Study: Easter 5 (A) – May 7, 2023
[RCL] Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14 Acts 7:55-60 Today’s passage from the Acts of the Apostles opens with Stephen, who was previously said to have…
Bible Study: Easter 4 (A) – April 30, 2023
[RCL] Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10 Acts 2:42-47 Matthias has just been named the twelfth apostle, and Christ has called the twelve into mission. The Holy…
Bible Study: Easter 3 (A) – April 23, 2023
[RCL] Acts 2:14a,36-41; Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35 Acts 2:14a, 36-41 This is part of Peter’s sermon at Pentecost. After the Holy Spirit has been poured out…
Bible Study: Easter 2 (A) – April 16, 2023
[RCL] Acts 2:14a, 22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 Acts 2:14a, 22-32 This is part of Peter’s first sermon, given at Pentecost. The Holy Spirit had just come…
Bible Study: Easter (A) – April 9, 2023
[RCL] Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-18 Acts 10:34-43 The Acts of the Apostles gives its readers a bird’s-eye view of the beginnings of Christian mission work.…
Bible Study: Palm Sunday (A) – April 2, 2023
[RCL] Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14-27:66 Isaiah 50:4-9a What could it mean to set one’s face like flint? Why would one do it? Flint is hard and…
Bible Study: Lent 5 (A) – March 26, 2023
[RCL] Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 Ezekiel 37:1-14 In addition to its inclusion in the fifth Sunday of Lent, this well-known passage also serves as one of…
Bible Study: Lent 4 (A) – March 19, 2023
[RCL] 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 1 Samuel 16:1-13 This story places us in a precarious moment in the history of the Israelites. After much badgering,…
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