“Graveyards and Gardens” (A19: Easter)
Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2,14-24; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-18 Gregg mentions the gardens of Eden and Gethsemane, then says: “Our Easter text for today places us in a third garden, a garden that is also a...
Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Rev. Gaventa says that dreams need not be taken literally in order to be urgently. And he wonders whether John — author of the Book of Revelation...
“Who’s a Doubter?” (C22: Second Sunday of Easter)
Rev. Cawthon-Freels invites us to examine Thomas from a new perspective. Maybe he’s not the doubter we try to write him off as — especially since he seems to understand who Jesus is better than...
“The Pursuit of Proximity” (C21: Easter Sunday)
Rev. Dávila Pratt begins her sermon with Mary Magdalene’s interaction with the resurrected Jesus. Our own resurrections, says Dávila Pratt, involve the “pursuit of proximity to the divine.” Rev. Aurelia Dávila Pratt helped found Peace...
A20: The Resurrection of the Lord, Year A (2023)
On Easter Sunday we celebrate the good news of Jesus’ resurrection, but that’s not all. In 1 Corinthians 15 the Apostle Paul reminds us that we, too, will be raised from the dead. “How can...