Sermons

Sermon: March 19 – Lent 3 lectionary Massah/Meribah. Is the Lord with us? Testing the Lord/Moses. Moses’ punishment for this place was not to enter the promised land? Woman at the well, many husbands, her testimony brought many. It was the Samaritans (outcasts, outsiders) who resonated with Jesus’ message. Because of her many came to believe The Good News comes from unlikely sources, God’s ways surprise our expectations Water: Moses, woman at well In my early 20’s I began trying to implement regular prayer into my life. One of the things I began to exercise was Morning Prayer (from the BCP I’d been given in confirmation (1928) The Venite was an important part of that. Venite Psalm 95:1-7 O come, let us sing unto the Lord; * let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, * and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the corne...

Church Sun, Mar 5, 2017 St. Peter’s lectionary serpent in garden, 2 trees, origin of sin Romans: “As sin came into the world …” one man and death Paul’s explanation is about how Christ is the answer, not how it all started Matthew’s temptation … Angels came and waited on him Invitation to “Holy Lent” Ash Wednesday On Ash Wed. a remarkable passage appears in the liturgy of the church. They are words that invite us as a people to enter into the life of Jesus’ Passion and Resurrection by means of penitence, forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration. Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. It was also a time when those who, because of notorious sins, had been separated from the body of the faithful were reconciled by penitence and forgiveness, and restored to the fellowship of the Church. Thereby,...