Harrowing Of Hell

Category: God’s Nature & Mercy

Conversion in Community

Sermon | May 4, 2015

May 3, 2015, Charissa Bradstreet preaching

Where do you tell your stories of wounding and transformation? Of harm and resurrection? Who benefits and is able to find encouragement in your stories of conversion?

Maundy Thursday 2015: Pilgrimage

Sermon | April 2, 2015

April 2, 2015, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching

“Christian pilgrimage can and should be a walk with Jesus. And that is necessarily a walk in kingdom territory, under those upside-down kingdom rules. The pilgrim road is a physical peninsula of the kingdom. As the kingdom sprang up around the sandals of Jesus, so kingdom flowers can spring up around pilgrim boots.”

Holy Monday 2015: Fear of Missing Out

Sermon | April 1, 2015

March 30, 2015, Elizabeth Walker preaching

In tonight’s Gospel, we hear about Mary and Martha welcoming Jesus into their home after Jesus raised their brother Lazarus from the dead. It is a celebratory gathering, as you might expect, in the wake of a family member’s resurrection from death. But, as would be expected in a Gospel that kicks off Holy Week, there is an element of gravity too; Judas questions the actions of Mary, who showed ultimate respect for Jesus by washing his feet—with her hair—using expensive perfume.

Groaning and Hoping

Sermon | July 20, 2014

July 20, 2014, Charissa Bradstreet preaching

A few weeks ago Doyt preached on suffering and how our experience of suffering is greatly shaped by the soundness of our souls at the time when suffering arrives. So, how do we promote soundness of soul so that when suffering comes it is not experienced as useless, but in fact becomes a period in which hope and faith increase?