Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Hope & Resurrection

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.

Really Real Moments and Small Groups

Sermon | January 25, 2015

January 25, 2015, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn preaching

I’d like you to consider today a moment in time when your life made perfect sense: a time when it all came together, when you felt alive and useful and connected, and there was purpose not just in what you were doing, but who you were being. Think of a time like that. I call these Really Real Moments.

Christian Hope

Sermon | December 24, 2014

December 24, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching

But the hope I want to talk about tonight is a different kind of hope. It is Christian hope brought to life through the person of Jesus. It is a solid hope, not an uncertain hope. Not a conventional hope, but an eternal hope, sturdy and sure. It is hope achieved when planted like a seed. It is grounded, if you will, in the abilities of God and the realities of God made known by Jesus.

Where God Dwells: The Virgin Birth to the Incarnation

Sermon | December 21, 2014

December 21, 2014, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching

Ten years ago, I was in the middle of my seminary education. I was studying theology and hermeneutics, singing in the choir, and washing dishes in the refectory for minimum wage. We gathered in the chapel every day at noon for worship, students, faculty, and staff praying together as a community. Also during that time, I was struggling to work out issues of faith, personal belief, and conviction.

Thanksgiving

Sermon | October 12, 2014

October 12, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching

None of us can see the future. Everyone moves forward blindly. Everyone’s past is completely unique to them in every way save one: that, if we dust the surface of our lives, we find the fingerprints of God. That unites us when we let it. That is why the church exists.