Preacher: Jenn Hosler Scripture: John 20:1-18 Date: April 9, 2023 Audio for the message can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18nOpolcQ6xiQgsMdfuWPG2c3gcMbGvm1/view?usp=sharing From the Perspective of Mary Magdalene – Adapted from John 20:1-18 The sun was not up. It was dark and cold, and I really didn’t want to be out that early. So much had happened, so…
Category: Easter
Easter in a Pandemic
Preacher: Jennifer Hosler Scripture: John 20:1-18 It’s intense, the pressure of preaching an Easter sermon during a global pandemic.How can I have the right words to say,to point us to the divine solidarity of Jesus entering with us in our suffering,to the existential hope of Jesus triumphing over betrayal, torture, and death,to the future that…
We need resurrection
Preacher: Nathan Hosler Scripture: Luke 24:1-12, 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 We need a resurrection. We need a resurrection. I first thought this phrase while in church last Sunday, feeling beleaguered and discouraged in this very sanctuary. We need a resurrection. The next day on Monday, the 5th Anniversary of the abduction of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok…
I HAVE SEEN THE LORD!
Preacher — Micah Bales Scripture Readings – Isaiah 25:6-9, Acts 10:34-43, and John 20:1-18 He is risen! Hallelujah! Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. (Can I get an amen?) God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the…
YEARNING FOR SUNDAY
John 20:1-18, Romans 6:1-14 Jenn Hosler A Saturday Vignette At the end of the meal, one of us stepped out. Judas was often heading in and out, so I assumed it was something with his duties as the keeper of the common purse. We didn’t think anything of it, I guess, but I wondered a…
THE LAST ENEMY
Luke 24:1-12, I Corinthians 15:19-26 Nathan Hosler The “original” Easter happened once. This was long before Easter became a holiday and got associated with abnormally colored eggs or abnormal bunnies or abnormally colored chicks or perhaps most abnormal of all—little brightly colored chicks made of marshmallow. Of course the “original” Easter was in fact much…
Risen
RISEN – Colossians 3:1-4 Matthew 28:1-10 Jeff Davidson – April 20, 2014 There’s a cartoon that shows people coming out of church on Easter Sunday shaking hands with the pastor. One guy says. “You know, Pastor, this is why I only come once a year. Whenever I’m here your sermon is always about the…
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