Thanks to one of my favorite calendar coincidences, Ash Wednesday this year falls on Valentine’s Day! (Although sadly, unlike when we last had Valentine’s Ash Wednesday in 2018, this year is a leap year so we don’t also get the
For my first Good Friday service serving here at Living Hope and Christ the King, I went with a similar message and service order to what I’d previously used in Greene, specifically in 2019 (the last pre-pandemic Good Friday). This
It’s Palm Sunday! Today’s sermon focuses on the contrast between the kingdoms offered by Jesus and Pontius Pilate, asking whose parade we want to be a part of. Today’s Scripture readings are Philippians 2:5-11 and Matthew 21:1-11. This sermon is
Today’s sermon looks at two stories of resurrection. No, we’re not to Easter quite yet, but both Ezekiel’s vision of a valley of dry bones and Jesus’ miraculous raising of Lazarus give us a sort of sneak peek of what’s
For Lent this year, four area congregations are sharing worship together doing a series on Fasting, based on the book Feasting on the Word: Lenten Companion. This week’s topic is Fasting as Repentance and I preached at Grand Avenue United