

Grief is Love with Somewhere to Go
A sermon on John 11:32-44 and Ruth 1:1-18 [for an audio recording of the sermon, click here. Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash] Today’s readings include a lot of weeping… although perhaps not in the spots we might expect. The reading from Ruth begins unemotionally, reporting the widowing of Naomi, and then the death of both of her adult sons without allowing us to witness her grief directly. It is only when she instructs her daughters-in-law to go back to their families and l


A Faith of Continuing and Covenant
A sermon on John 8:31-36 and Jeremiah 31:31-34. [for an audion recording of this sermon, click here. Photo by Fern M. Lomibao on Unsplash] Today’s sermon will be a little different because it is a Confirmation sermon. I have been meeting with our Confirmands for about 3 years now, (on and off due to the disruptions of the Pandemic), and I am going to miss our focused time together. So, I want to take this one last opportunity to talk directly to them about this journey of fai