Sermon Archive (Page 133)

This morning and every time we come together for worship, we see sign and symbol from God. In water we have the sign of new life…..of rebirth….of death and resurrection. And in bread and wine, we have signs of God’s wide and gracious love for us, in the body and blood of Christ. And when…

To answer that, I have to use an example. I want you to find in your mind and heart’s eye the person in your life who loves you the most of all – unconditionally and deeply. It might be a parent or a grandparent or a partner or a child or a friend. And now I want you to imagine sitting down with…

And then here is the Gospel turn in this story. To be bold in our witness, to follow the example of Jesus in this story, means that we speak peace and wholeness to the nameless and oppressed and outcast and shunned. That the very people in our society who are forgotten or shamed or scorned…