Luke 24:13-35 He is Risen! Feelings and expectations. I remember speaking with a man and his adult son about what they had been told by the son’s doctor. What they were told isn’t important here, but the two of them each told me what they heard and it was like Read more
John 20:19-31 He is risen! Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! The peace of the Lord be with you! Peace be with you! What is peace? In 1967 there was an intentional peace rally organized against the Vietnam war in which MP’s Read more
Matthew 28:1-10 Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia! The Easter flowers have been nicely arranged, beautifully decorating the church for Easter, our music director and choirs have been working hard, in different places to put together for us some beautiful hymns (voices and bells) that we can listen to or Read more
His is Risen……..Praise be to God! Fear is a powerful emotion; fear can make a person run, or it can turn a person to face danger, or it can freeze a person in his or her tracks. The Roman soldiers who were standing guard at Jesus’ tomb had made it Read more
Jacob (Donkey Owner), Matthew 21:1-9 Hosanna to the Son of David! Hosanna in the highest heaven! I know well the story that you have just told; I know it firsthand; I heard the words of Jesus’ praise shouted on the day of your story. I am Jacob; I lived in Read more
Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 11:1-45 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ All this Coronavirus stuff is beginning to wear on us all, and it’s not just the disease, it’s also the quarantine stuff, it’s all the petty bickering between our elected politicians, it’s Read more
John 9: 1-41 Found in a video at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/pg/stpeteschestersprings/posts/ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I always feel, both happy and sad, for the blind man that we just read about from today’s Gospel. He was just sitting there Read more
Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-11 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ As I read this morning’s lesson from Exodus, I shook my head in agreement, understanding how true it seemed. These were real people with a real concern, water; I know these people; Read more
John 3:1-17 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ The People of God started out as a family, actually an elderly couple, Abram and Sarai. God changed their names to Abraham and Sarah and because they were faithful to God’s request, for them Read more
Matthew 5:21-37 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Did you ever notice that most of our worship services begin with a kind of confession of sins and the season before us, Lent as we observe it, also emphasizes confession of sins and Read more