Betrayal, Holy Wednesday 2018
We do a midweek service on Wednesday which means I get to preach on Holy Wednesday. This is the day tradition says Judas betrays Jesus. Listen:
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We do a midweek service on Wednesday which means I get to preach on Holy Wednesday. This is the day tradition says Judas betrays Jesus. Listen:
Read MoreMorsels & Stories: I talked about what I say during the welcome announcements and why. Sermon: Peter denies Jesus three times before the rooster crows twice. What can we learn from Peter’s history of getting it wrong? The lessons can be found by clicking here. (link) I worked most closely with Mark 14.1-15.47. Listen:
Read MoreToday Jesus dies a horrible death. Because of us. Our fear, our need for power. The lessons for today can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Jn 18:1-19:42. Listen:
Read MoreHow would you describe your Church? Without using family, loving, welcoming, or community. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Jn13:1-17, 31B-35. Listen:
Read MoreHoly Wednesday is called Spy Wednesday because this is the day, tradition holds, that Judas went to betray Jesus to the High Priests. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Jn 13:21-32. Listen:
Read MoreMorsels & Stories: I talked about the anti-semitism that some of the Good Friday rubrics are responding to. I used some of the suggestions in Amy Jill Levine’s The Misunderstood Jew. Sermon: There were two parades entering Jerusalem that day. And a whole other group of people plotting and scheming. How do we understand where […]
Read MoreMorsels & Stories: Why colour Easter eggs? I tell the story of Mary Magdalene’s red eggs. Sermon: Mary runs to tell the apostles, “I have seen the Lord!” Just as Mary, Hannah, and Miriam also proclaimed God’s miracles. The lessons for today be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John […]
Read MoreToday we commemorate Jesus’s death on the cross, an agonizing death on a day full of pain. The lessons can be found by clicking here. Listen:
Read MoreWe remember a meal which remembered a meal. Are we ready for what follows? The lessons for tonight can be found by clicking here. I worked with Ex 12:1–4, (5–10), 11–14 and Jn 13:1–17, 31b–35. Listen:
Read More(The device I use to record sermons failed on Friday. I have several minutes recorded of absolutely nothing. I’m mildly stepping up the research for it’s replacement. Fortunately, I have a manuscript of almost exactly what I said.) The lessons can be found by clicking here. Today Jesus dies. Today we watch and wait. We […]
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