Sermons from April 2014
Winston Churchill’s Funeral Service
By The Rev. Sherry Deets Easter Sunday – April 20, 2014 Matthew 28:1-10 Happy Easter! Matthew presents us with one of the most dramatic readings of the resurrection. There was a great earthquake and an angel of the Lord descended, his appearance like lightening. In other words, light has split a crack in the universe and everything we thought we knew has changed. To meet Jesus is for the ground to move beneath you, nothing remains as it was. The…
No Bones are Too Dry
By The Rev. Sherry Deets 5 Lent – April 6, 2014 John 11:1-45 The Lenten journey, which has taken us through the Valley of the Shadow of Death last Sunday, now leads us to the dry bones of Ezekiel and the tomb of Lazarus and the gift of life out of death. This morning’s gospel story began a few weeks earlier. The brother, Lazarus, was taken ill. We have no details, but the illness frightened his two sisters so much…