RoboPreacher

listen clearly, you don't have to try A sermon for when everything ends but nothing changes : I have a confession : I’ve been looking forward to today . For me, today is the culmination of   Easter. And Easter isn’t even over yet! How lucky are we?!? We are, of all people, most blessed . As you know, today is colloquially known as “ low Sunday.” And the reason for that is obvious enough today: gone are the Easter crowds ! In fact, absent are even the most regular of worshippers today . Only the church rats turn up on the Sunday after Easter or Christmas. And for all I know, some of you are only here today because you have to be! Maybe you’re a counter or deacon .   But you know what? I like Sundays like this . I admit it; I’m a bit of a church rat myself . In a way, this makes me less than an ideal pastor. I’m probably a bit too ambiguous about the crowds . I think I get a little too much of a charge from the humble gatherings where the only people who turn up are the one

then you can begin / to come up slow like a desert rose A sermon on the real ending of Easter : Alleluia! Christ is risen! * Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!  Yes, indeed , Christ is risen. Alleluia! Do you remember the first time you ever said this greeting? Or at least the first time you were conscious of doing so? For me , I don’t think it was until I was in college . So, for all I know, today is your first memory of making this venerable Easter salutation. No matter what, though, we all have some Easter memory. Don’t we? So, let’s take a moment to recall one. And start thinking, too, because I’m going to ask us to share . This is something we do from time to time. I like it because it gets you all engaged . So, like I said, start thinking about your answer. What’s an Easter memory you have? And keep it simple ; just go with whatever comes to mind.   To give you some time to think, I’ll go first. And while I talk, think about your answer. I know you think about other thin