Dreams and Visions of New Life In the fall, and again this February, some of us met after church to talk about St. James’-Rosemount. We reflected on what God had given us – the resources and blessings for which we are thankful, the people who are the church in this moment in time, and the…
Sermons from April 2017
Sharing the Good News – Matthew 28: 1-15 28 After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on…
Station 1 and 2 – Teresa C. Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus is betrayed by Judas and arrested John 18:1-11 18 After Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now…
Death and other inconveniences Last week, I fell into one of the traps of Christianity. When striving to love the world that God loves (Marcus Borg), to live a compassionate life inspired by Jesus, it’s easy to make our faith into a to-do list, a never-ending, tiring, attempt to do-as-God-does. In a recent discussion, Douglas…
Why Christian Loving the world that God loves They say, don’t ask a question you don’t want to hear the answer to. So when the answers to the question, Why Christian, come back… It’s what we’ve always done…this is my family church…people seem bothered that there’s not a more reflective answer and I’m ok with…