Alleluia!  Christ is risen!   I need to start today by naming something essential to our walk as Christians.  You probably noticed that when I read the Gospel moments ago, I changed the words “the Jews” to “the authorities” – so the sentence read:  When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of…

Alleluia!  Christ is risen!           Happy Easter!   Today is the culmination of 40 day journey through the season of Lent, and a trek through Holy Week – from Palm Sunday last Sunday, to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday last night.  And now here we are – finally celebrating the resurrection. The resurrection is the climax of the story we’ve…

  Tonight we continue our journey through the three great days of the church year – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday – that lead us to Easter morning.  Every year we tell the same stories, which are, in essence, one love story, told in three parts. Tonight we pick up with – A Love Story, Part 2. +++ Last night,…

  Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.   Tonight we begin the three great days of the church year – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday – that lead us to Easter morning.  Every year we tell the same stories, which are, in essence, one love story, told in three parts. Tonight…