Sermons from August 2020

Sermons from August 2020

I Believe: Resurrection

After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way.  Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.  Just…

I Believe: Return

Scripture Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58 Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal…

I Believe: Ascended

Does anyone here, including those joining online, know when Ascension Day is?  It’s a rhetorical question, though if you know it without Googling, kudos to you.  We are Methodists, and while the liturgical calendar is not as big a part of our lives as it is for our some of our sisters and brothers of other denominations, it is still an important part of our church life.  We observe Advent, many of us give up or add things for Lent,…

I Believe: The Gospel

We talked last week about how the mysterious and wild God of All Things did the unthinkable, the unimaginable.  God became truly human.  Yet, as you well know, that is not how the story ends.  A few decades later, the God of Mystery and Wonder, went further, and did something that was yet more shocking.  It had been etched in prophecy and spoken of by sages, yet still, when it happened it was utterly unexpected.  The Lord of All, died…