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for the promise of light   Are you ready? It is time to hear the next story. The darkness is turning to light. We've brought the light into this place. We are now ready to hear the next story... The Holy Gospel according to St. John! Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken The Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." Then Peter and the other disciples set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together , but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus...

for your trials & tribulations.   Okay, I just got to ask: why are you here? Isn't there already plenty you have to do without coming to church on a Friday evening? Aren't you busy enough? Why are you here?   In fact, many of you were here yesterday, weren't you? So why come again today?   Not only were you here yesterday, I'm willing to bet many of you will also be here for our Easter Vigil (tomorrow at 8 pm) or Easter (Sunday at 9 am) service. Do you need another thing to do, another place to be? Are you looking for something to occupy your time, because if you are I've got a box of files that needs sorting... What is it that brings you here, to this place, today? I admit have a suspicion, though. A hunch as to why you're here... And it isn't because that's how you've always done it. And it isn't because you're church rats. And it isn't because you're not busy enough ...

so i forgave the next.   Something in us says, "Lean in. Listen closely. These are Jesus' last words. They are important." Listen to that humming inside, it is right...   The great three days have begun, the tridium. Today we enter into a Holy journey - here we start. Here we start with Jesus' final words. Jesus' last words...   For centuries Christians have insisted that to understand the tragedy of the of the cross or the triumph of the empty tomb, we must hear these words first. Jesus' last words... These words will sustain us as we journey from what was, to what will be; from death to life, and from darkness to light. These are the words we need to hear, to carry with us so that we may persevere through these dark days.   It is a good thing that when Jesus speaks these words he isn't only speaking to a small group for that moment. No, these words of Jesus are addressed to every community that is ser...

& i'll walk into the light & i'll sing the song of ages & the dawn will end the night The HolyGospel according to St. John the 12th Chapter! Today's Lenten sermon, is a stewardship sermon. Before we get into the meat of the sermon, though, I have a story - or maybe it's a confession... Sometimes when people ask me why I'm a pastor; sometimes I tell them it is because I am having a great game of dare with God. Yes, a game of dare. I say this for two reasons. Well, three sort of... The first time I said it, was because I was exasperated. So sometimes exasperation is a reason. Once I blurted my answer, though, I realized how true it was. The first real reason I am fond of saying that I am playing a great game of dare with God, is because of Jesus. Jesus apparently trusted God so much that he gave up any semblance of a normal life and spent his days traveling, eating with the poor and the outcast, and finally his li...