Sermons tagged with ‘reconciliation’

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Third Sunday in Lent – March 7, 2021

We continue our forty-day Lenten journey with Jesus, focusing on repentance, renewal, reconciliation, and God’s relationship with us through Jesus Christ. In today’s reading from 1 Corinthians, Paul’s focus and proclamation is on Christ crucified. Through Jesus Christ, the cross has been transformed and proclaims that God is mostly revealed in weakness, humiliation, and death. […]

Second Sunday in Lent – February 28, 2021

We continue our forty-day Lenten journey with Jesus, focusing on repentance, renewal, reconciliation, and God’s relationship with us through Jesus Christ. In the reading from Genesis, the second covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the one made with Abraham and Sarah: God’s promise to make them the ancestors of many, with whom God will […]

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 27, 2020

For this Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Matthew, we hear Jesus’ parable about two sons who don’t do what they say reveals surprises in the reign of God. In the reading […]

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 13, 2020

For this Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. In today’s reading from Matthew, Peter asks Jesus a question about forgiveness. The reality is that we do sin against one another, and Jesus’ challenge that we forgive […]

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 6, 2020

For this Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples through the Gospel of Matthew and respond to Jesus’ call to discipleship. Conflict is a part of relationships and life in community. Jesus’ words in today’s reading from Matthew are often used in situations having to do with church discipline. […]