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- Sermon: June 16, 2024 Proper 6
- Sermon: June 9, 2024 Proper 5
- Sermon: June 2, 2024 Proper 4
- Sermon: May 26, 2024 Trinity Sunday
- Sermon: May 19, 2024 Pentecost
- Sermon: May 5, 2024 The Sixth Sunday of Easter
- Sermon: April 28, 2024 The Fifth Sunday of Easter
- Sermon: April 7, 2024 The Second Sunday of Easter
- Sermon: March 28, 2024 Maundy Thursday
- Sermon: March 17, 2024 5 Lent
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Sermon: June 16, 2024 Proper 6
Posted on June 16, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanYou hear me frequently refer to the Kingdom of God in my sermons. There is a very good reason for this. The Gospels are all about Jesus revealing the Kingdom of God. He talks about the Kingdom of God all the time and he tells us that all that healing,...
Sermon: June 9, 2024 Proper 5
Posted on June 11, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanMy preaching professor in seminary told my class that when we prepare to preach, we should look for the Good News in the passage we are preaching from. Well, some weeks are easier than others. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were...
Sermon: June 2, 2024 Proper 4
Posted on June 2, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanOver the next 11 weeks all of our Old Testament readings will be taken from the books of First and Second Samuel, so I thought it might be helpful to step back this morning and take some time to look at the bigger picture. What are these two books, which...
Sermon: May 26, 2024 Trinity Sunday
Posted on May 27, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanSo, who here fully and completely understands the Trinity? Anyone? I know I sure don’t. It is one of those theological concepts that can be very difficult to grasp. Non Christians, especially those who are monotheistic—Jewish people and Muslims—will often excuse us of being tri-theistic, believing in three gods. I...
Sermon: May 19, 2024 Pentecost
Posted on May 20, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanThis morning, I want to share with you my own personal experience of Pentecost. We often think of the Holy Spirit as something that is wild and brings chaos and disorder to our world, and sometimes it does, but other times the Holy Spirit works to bring us together, to...
Sermon: May 5, 2024 The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Posted on May 8, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanOne of the most haunting stories I’ve ever read is from Jim Wallis, in his book, Call to Conversion. Wallis describes something that happened at a conference in New York City on social justice that included religious leaders of all kinds. “At one point,” he recalls, “a Native American man...
Sermon: April 28, 2024 The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Posted on April 28, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanThe Ethiopian Eunuch. What an unexpected Scriptural character he is. He is far outside of the bounds of religious acceptability. As a eunuch he was either born with ambiguous genitalia or he was castrated before puberty. He may have been castrated by choice, but the far more likely explanation is...
Sermon: April 7, 2024 The Second Sunday of Easter
Posted on April 13, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanToday is the second Sunday of Easter. Notice I didn’t say “after” Easter but “of” Easter, because for Christians Easter isn’t a day but is instead a season. We get 50 whole days of Easter! Isn’t that fabulous?!?! Well, sort of. It is hard to sustain the joy and mystery...
Sermon: March 28, 2024 Maundy Thursday
Posted on March 30, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanNot surprisingly, I have become very conscious of feet over the past two months. Losing the use of a foot, even temporarily, has made me acutely aware of exactly how important our feet are and how much abuse they take. They bear the weight of our entire body and all...
Sermon: March 17, 2024 5 Lent
Posted on March 18, 2024 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanI’ve been thinking a lot about atonement lately. Atonement is a theological term that basically seeks to answer the question, “Why does Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection matter to us and to creation?” When you read theological writings about the subject, you can begin to wonder if it is all...