Sermons
Each week, we post Sunday’s sermon by Rev. Eric Anderson. If you can’t join us on Sunday morning, try following #3tweetsermon on Twitter.
Sermon: What Is Right?
June 3, 2018 Second Sunday after Pentecost Mark 2:23-3:6 "What Is Right?" That’s a pretty blunt title for a sermon, isn’t it? If the title of my sermon ends with a question mark, you would do well to suspect that I didn’t know the answer when I wrote down the question. Further, if the title…
Sermon: The Mystery of Call
May 27, 2018 Isaiah 6:1-8 I titled this sermon, “The Mystery of Call,” which mostly meant that what I would say was a mystery to me at the time. For sheer drama, it is difficult to beat the pageantry of Isaiah’s call to prophecy, which he gave us here in chapter six of his book.…
Sermon: Come, Holy Spirit, to Aid Us
May 20, 2018: Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21 Romans 8:22-27 It is Pentecost. We’ve heard the story. We’re wearing red – well, at least some of us are wearing red. We’ve sung the songs, despite various warnings on the Internet that some people think singing "Happy Birthday" to the Church is silly. We’ll sing some more…
Sermon: Choices, Choices
May 13, 2018 Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 This story of the early church sits between that of Jesus’ Ascension – when he left his followers after spending the forty days since his resurrection teaching them further – and Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit sent them out into the public squares to begin…
Sermon: Shepherds of Compassion
April 22, 2018 John 10:11-18, 1 John 3:16-24 For some years, the fourth Sunday of the Easter season has been known as “Good Shepherd Sunday.” We read from the same chapter of John’s gospel, Jesus’ pronouncement, “I am the good shepherd.” You’re likely to read, hear, or sing the 23rd Psalm. The readings are so…
Sermon: Understanding and Testimony
April 15, 2018 Luke 24:36b-48 In 2011, some folks at the Centers for Disease Control were looking for a new way to get people engaged in preparing for some kind of a disaster: to help them look at the needs they might have, the things they might stockpile, the documents to keep safe. If they’d…
Sermon: Forgiving Others for God
April 8, 2018: Second Sunday of Easter John 20:19-31 The fact that Thomas had to be somewhere else on that first Easter evening, rather than in that locked room with his friends, ended up giving us a lot to talk about. There’s the matter of what is doubt and what is belief. There’s the question…
Sermon: Their Story Became Our Story
April 1, 2018 Easter Sunday Mark 16:1-8 “…And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.” That’s the end of Mark’s gospel in the oldest copies that have survived the nineteen hundred and forty years or so since he wrote it. It is widely viewed as, shall we say, a disappointing ending. The most…
Reading of the Passion from Mark
On Palm Sunday, worship at Church of the Holy Cross began with an exultant march around the sanctuary, waving palms and singing. The children, of course, took the lead. Later in the service, four readers took on the task of sharing the story of Jesus' last two days: his Passover dinner with his closest friends…
Sermon: Is It Well with Your Soul?
March 18, 2018 Fifth Sunday in Lent John 12:20-33 Jesus said, “Now my soul is troubled.” “Now, my soul is troubled.” He had some reason to be exhilarated. He had just ridden into Jerusalem upon a donkey in a deliberate echo, a conscious fulfillment, of a vision of the prophet Zechariah. The city’s people had…
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