In today’s Gospel, we hear Jesus sending out 70 apostles to go and talk about the good news. He sends them out in pairs, so 35 teams of evangelists are going out. We are told that they they are to tell the good news. We are told that they are to go to the same…
Category: 2019 Sermons
Everywhere, filling all things – sermon for Pentecost 2019
Today is the day of Pentecost, 50 days after Jesus Christ rose again from the dead. On this day we remember and celebrate the moment when the disciples were gathered together in Jerusalem, as Christ had advised them to do. On that day, the Holy Spirit descended upon them, and they were changed. They were…
Ascended. Transcended. Diffused. Everywhere. – sermon for 3 June 2019
This Sunday is comes right after two other feast days on the church calendar. I know I talk about the church calendar a lot, always pointing out what feast days are coming and which have just passed. For me, the church calendar is a way of walking through the whole of the life of Jesus…
Second Chances – sermon for Easter Sunday 2019
I’ve got some good news to tell you about! Christ is risen! Alleluia! That’s good news. It’s good news for Jesus, of course. It’s also good news for us because it tells us that we are wrong when we expect that the worst is what lasts. It is good news for us because it tells…
Cross of Love – sermon for Good Friday 2019
What is love? Last night at the liturgy we heard how love is the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord, Savior, Messiah, and King called the disciples his friends. We heard how love was the same Jesus washing feet. We heard how love was the sharing of himself with us in bread and wine…