by Steve Hedrick | May 31, 2011 | Text Sermons
The gospel reading we heard this morning is part of a larger discourse in John’s gospel, and if we were to make this discourse into a movie, this portion would make a part of a very moving and poignant scene. The hero, who you know is going to his doom, is giving his...
by Steve Hedrick | May 25, 2011 | Text Sermons
Easter 5 A very overweight man went to the doctor. The doctor put him on a newly discovered diet and told his patient that this diet would really help him lose weight. He told him to start eating these special meals on Monday, then skip on Tuesday, eat the special...
by Steve Hedrick | May 9, 2011 | Text Sermons
Alleluia! Christ is risen! I love the dramatic change in our liturgy between Lent and Holy Week and Easter. The church is transformed from the austerity of Lent, with no flowers, images covered, vestments plain; to the festive burst of Easter, with multi-colored...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 27, 2011 | Text Sermons
An old legend relates that a group of the apostles gathered right after the resurrection, and St. Peter wasn’t there. Meeting St. Peter afterward, one of the apostles told him, “Hey, Pete, we have some good news and some bad news.” “What’s the good news?” St. Peter...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 21, 2011 | Text Sermons
I am not sure I like Palm Sunday. What I mean is that I don’t like how it makes me feel. There is way too much contrast between shouting “Hosanna” to the King one minute and “Crucify him” the next. It creates a real contradiction in me. I love the hosannas. They lift...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 11, 2011 | Text Sermons
What is the shortest sentence in the Bible? “Jesus wept.” In what book of the Bible do we find that sentence? The Gospel according to John. Where in John does it occur? In the story about the raising of Lazarus from the dead. Why does Jesus weep? The answer to that...
