Contents
- Sermon: 2 Easter, Sunday, April 24, 2022
- Sermon: Easter, Sunday, April 17, 2022
- Sermon: Maundy Thursday, April 14, 2022
- Sermon: Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022
- Sermon: 5 Lent, April 3, 2022
- Sermon: 4 Lent, March 27, 2022
- Sermon: 3 Lent, March 20, 2022
- Sermon: 2 Lent, March 13, 2022
- Sermon: 1 Lent, March 6, 2022
- Sermon: Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022
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Sermon: 2 Easter, Sunday, April 24, 2022
Posted on April 28, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanI think it is safe to say that most Episcopalians, indeed most mainline Protestant Christians and Roman Catholics, are uncomfortable with the Book of Revelation, the last book in our Holy Scriptures. There are 22 chapters in the Book of Revelation with a total of 404 verses. Over the course...
Sermon: Easter, Sunday, April 17, 2022
Posted on April 17, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanOccasionally I am asked by someone who is not a Christian, “You don’t really believe in all that resurrection stuff do you?” I have learned not to just answer this question immediately, but instead to spend some time learning a little bit more about what the person is really asking...
Sermon: Maundy Thursday, April 14, 2022
Posted on April 15, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanMaundy Thursday. The evening when we are reminded of the “Great Mandate” the “Great Commandment,” the “New Commandment.” “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my...
Sermon: Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022
Posted on April 11, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanThe festival of Passover was a threat to the Roman authorities of Jesus’ day. After all, this was the week when the Jewish people remembered their liberation by God with feasting and with storytelling. It was the week when the Jewish people celebrated a God who led them out of...
Sermon: 5 Lent, April 3, 2022
Posted on April 6, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanI want to begin by taking a step back and putting our Gospel story for today, Mary’s anointing of Jesus’ feet with nard, into larger context. In the Gospel of John, we have seen Jesus call his disciples, begin his ministry by turning water into wine, clear the temple of...
Sermon: 4 Lent, March 27, 2022
Posted on March 28, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanI love Jesus’ parables. They are so simple and yet so complex. I especially love our parable for today, usually known as the parable of the prodigal son. No matter how often I read it or hear it read it has something new to say to me. At this point...
Sermon: 3 Lent, March 20, 2022
Posted on March 20, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanMost of the time I am very happy that we are a lectionary-based church. This means that the scripture we read on Sundays comes from a three-year schedule of assigned readings. I don’t pick the readings for a given Sunday. They are picked for us by the people who created...
Sermon: 2 Lent, March 13, 2022
Posted on March 13, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanWhen I was serving a church in Virginia, a member of my congregation shared with me her struggles with mental illness. She had been diagnosed at the age of 22 with bipolar disorder. She was 35 at the time I met and got to know her. You would never have...
Sermon: 1 Lent, March 6, 2022
Posted on March 7, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanHuman beings are meaning makers. With our big and complex brains, we are able to take in and process a lot of information. We are also able to think about the information we take into our brains in an abstract way. It is what makes us distinct from other creatures....
Sermon: Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Posted on March 3, 2022 | Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Suzannah RohmanI recently came across some sermon notes for Ash Wednesday that I made 15 years ago. My notes were all about Ash Wednesday reminding us of our mortality. I was struck by how much sense those notes made then, but don’t make now. I was amazed by how much our...