Sermons

Shepherding was an image and profession common and familiar to Jesus’ original audience, but the image did not always conjure up positive and good feelings. When Jesus identifies as a shepherd who is good, he does so because he is a model shepherd who does the following: feeds the sheep,

Unresolved trauma perpetuates more trauma. The trauma of betrayal and the cross were most assuredly a part of Peter’s words of blame and shame of the Israelites. We must read texts like these fully aware of the trauma and antisemitism they have borne into our world. We find healing in

Today’s worship service is a collaborative effort of clergy and lay people from the Northern Lights Region. We combine our efforts today as we contemplate Jesus with us on the road to Emmaus and where we have seen him and hope to see him on the roads we travel.

This Easter we read the shorter version of Mark’s Easter story which does not resolve as neatly as we’d like. It is a good year to sit with the ambiguity of this story and invite Christ’s risen presence into the many questions, doubts and unsettled feelings we have from this