Isaiah
On this Easter Sunday we hear the words of Isaiah 25:6-9, written over 600 years before the birth of Jesus. In Isaiah's day, the nation of Judah believed that God has left them. Isaiah reminds them what will happen when the God they are waiting for returns.
Isaiah
The God We’ve Been Waiting For Isaiah 25:6-9 NRSV 25:6 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. 25:7 And he
Lectionary Yr A
As we approach Easter Sunday, here are the manuscripts of the sermons I have preached at Easter for the past five years. I hope you have a glorious Easter celebration this year! * Seeing Jesus Again For The First Time, 2007, John 20:1-18 * Now We Understand, 2008, Acts 10:34-43
Easter
When The Bread Was Broken Luke 24:13-35 NIV/84 3 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with
Easter
Here’s a look at today’s lectionary reading from John 20:19-31. I am focusing on verses 19-21, and looking at Jesus sending the disciples as the Father has sent him. This is not a full manuscript, but I hope you’ll benefit from the notes that follow each
John
It's Easter! Aren't we finished with the tomb of Jesus by the time we get to Easter Sunday? Can't we leave behind the gory events in Jesus's last days, and focus on the resurrection now? This Easter, I am suggesting that we
Creativity
St. Matthew In The City Church in Auckland, New Zealand is an Anglican congregation which uses some edgy advertising to get the largely unchurched Auckland population to think. This Easter, St. Matthew's put up this billboard explaining that in the Orthodox tradition there is a practice of humor
Congregation
Okay, so your church did it all. You had a Maundy Thursday service, a Good Friday service, an Easter egg hunt on Saturday, an early Easter sunrise service, and one or more Easter morning worship services. And it was all great! Except today is Monday, and you're not
Worship
Here's a clip of the Easter vigil at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. This may not be your tradition, but look at the joy on the faces of those who are singing and dancing together, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. It seems to me
Isaiah
On this Easter Sunday, Isaiah provides a wonderful look at how everything changes as God's Kingdom comes. Here's the sermon I'm preaching on this Easter Sunday. I pray that your Easter will be a glorious one. Feeding Straw To Lions Isaiah 65:17-25 17
Technology
ChurchRelevance.com ranked Confessions of a Small Church Pastor as #105 in the annual Top 100 Church Blogs rankings. Of course this year they threw in 30 more blogs, so we made the cut in the Top 130! Am I wrong, or is this the only small church blog that
1 Corinthians
I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body I Corinthians 15:35-44 35But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" 36How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37When you sow, you do not