Holy Week & Easter Sermons
PALM SUNDAY
The crowds expected a certain kind of king on that first Palm Sunday. How did Jesus blow that expectation out of the water?
The Rev. Jacob Smith explores the contradictory nature of the service of Palm Sunday. What does it say about us, and what does it say about God?
The Rev. Jay Gardner shares the good news that God meets us in our lowest places over and over again.
MAUNDY THURSDAY
In this sermon The Reverend Jacob Smith looks at the Biblical concept of remembrance and articulates how and why the Lord’s Supper comes to us.
GOOD FRIDAY
The Reverend Jim Munroe explores the kind of water that can quench our deepest thirsts.
THE EASTER VIGIL
A way out of no way.
EASTER SUNDAY
The Rev. Jacob Smith discusses how in the midst of deconstructing the Gospel, The Gospel deconstructs us, and the makes us brand new.
The Rev. Jacob Smith discusses how in the midst of deconstructing the Gospel, The Gospel deconstructs us, and the makes us brand new.
The first point of the Easter Sermon was inspired by the article "Closer Than you Think (The Trouble with Deconstruction)" by the Reverend Connor Gwin, found on the Mockingbird Blog. The quote taken is as follows:
"Charles Taylor wrote about this in his 2007 book, A Secular Age. In this seminal work, Taylor argues that authenticity is the hallmark of the secular age, which is why doubt is in. Authentic doubt or disbelief is better than inauthentic faith or belief, at least in the secular age.
Deconstruction is the fruit of this seed of doubt. For Taylor, the secular age has not eliminated belief but it has made belief itself unbelievable. This explains why deconstruction is so popular.
Our zeitgeist is marked by deep cynicism and the question, “You don’t really believe that, do you?”
Our superheroes are now dark and gritty. Our politicians are no longer paragons of virtue and civic responsibility (or they aren’t pretending to be). In my own life, I am suspicious of anyone who is too nice or just a bit too earnest."