Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Easter

Third Sunday of Easter: Sermon Summary and Reflection Questions

News | May 4, 2025

Kate’s sermon reflects on the profound way Jesus meets each of us exactly where we are in life, just as he met his disciples after the resurrection by the Sea of Tiberias. Using the imagery of a four-year-old child’s sense of wonder and curiosity, Kate reminds us that we, too, often seek meaning, connection, and

Easter 3 Summary

Optimism in a Locked Room

Sermon | April 27, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. I find it interesting how and when holy people choose to die. I remember Mother Teresa dying a few days after Princess Diana died, as if to slip undercover into eternity. Pope Francis chose the day after Easter, so as not to distract, I suspect, from the glory of

Second Sunday of Easter: Sermon Summary and Reflection Questions

News | April 27, 2025

In his sermon, Doyt reflects on the meaning of resurrection and its call to live with hope and optimism, even in a world filled with fear and uncertainty. He begins by acknowledging the challenges of our time, including rising authoritarianism, rigid systems, and divisions that isolate people. Drawing from the Gospel story of the disciples

Easter 2 Summary

Easter is Despair Disrupted

Sermon | April 20, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. Good morning. Happy Easter. I’m delighted to see you. Today, it is my intent that when we all walk out of here—no matter what burden we’ve walked in with, no matter what sense of despair we’re lugging around—we leave as people of hope. That we leave as people who

Easter Day: Sermon Summary and Reflection Questions

News | April 20, 2025

On Easter Sunday, Doyt called on us to embrace hope and transformation through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He compared the burdens we often carry—exhaustion, despair, or uncertainty—to the grief of the women who came to Jesus’ tomb on that first Easter morning. They expected death but were met with resurrection, a divine disruption that

Easter Day Summary

The Cosmic Moment of Easter

Sermon | April 19, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. Shhhhhh… Here, we sit, in a liminal space. I almost feel as if we should whisper. This is the moment when Silent Saturday gives way to Easter Sunday. Today is called Silent Saturday because of the quiet of the tomb. At the very powerful Good Friday service last night,

Jesus shows up in the neighborhood

Sermon | December 25, 2024

I love this service. In fact, don’t tell anybody, but it might be my favorite service of the entire year. Sure, I love the pageantry and excitement of Christmas Eve, and I love the pageantry and joy of Easter, but there is something special to me about Christmas Day. For one thing, it’s always quiet.

I have Seen Jesus

Sermon | March 31, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Good morning. Happy Easter. I’m glad to see you. It feels like we are returning to a pattern of normal community in the wake of the very significant trauma inflicted by the pandemic. And sometimes, at least for me, it’s easy to forget how significant that was. A million