John 20:1-18 Last week, Easter Sunday, I began my sermon by talking about the traditions of my family when I was growing up. One of the things I talked about was how we would color Easter eggs on Saturday night and then the Easter Bunny would hide them while we slept. In the morning, before…
John 20:1-18 I grew up in a family with many traditions. We began celebrating Easter on Saturday night when we would color Easter Eggs, dipping white eggs into cups of dye to make multi-colored eggs. These were set out for the Easter bunny to hide that night while we slept. Then we went to sleep…
John 14:27 The night Jesus was born, angels appeared in the sky to shepherds out in the fields with their flocks. This heavenly concert announced the birth of Jesus and what was it that the announcement said? “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” What…
Psalm 19, Philippians 3:12-15, John 17:18 When I was back in the US last month, I went on a two day prayer retreat at a camp in the northern woods of New Jersey. This camp had four hundred acres of land (177 hectors) with a lodge built on the edge of a small lake. The…
John 1:43-47 There is a lot of speculation about Nathanael, about whom we heard in the Gospel lesson for this morning. His name appears only twice in the Bible, here in this account and then in John 21 where he is listed among those who had breakfast with Jesus after his resurrection. There is no…