Category: Holy Week
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Fragrancing Life – A Sermon On John 12:1-11
Here’s my question: In what ways are you fragrancing the life of others? I hope you understand that I’m not talking about perfume or rubbing someone’s feet. I’m asking about love. I am talking about the kind of love that is absolutely free and will cost us everything. I’m not talking about love that is… Read more
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Working Out Our Life – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Mark 11:1-11
What if Jesus is more like us than we know or want to admit? What if Jesus was always working it out just like we are? What if he struggled with life and death in the same way we do? What if Holy Week for Jesus and for us is a week of figuring it… Read more
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Not Sorrowing As Those Without Hope – A Holy Saturday Sermon On John 19:38-42
Holy Saturday is an in between day. It’s the day after Good Friday and the day before Easter. What was is no longer and what will be is not yet. If Good Friday is the day of the loss, Holy Saturday is that day when the reality of the loss begins to set in. And… Read more
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Life In The Shadow Of The Cross – A Good Friday Sermon
Good Friday – John 18:1-19:42 What about your death gives meaning to your life today? In what ways is death inviting you to live more fully, to connect more deeply with others, to love more freely and completely? My stomach is churning even as I ask you those questions. I don’t want to face my Read more
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Let’s Never Stop Loving – A Maundy Thursday Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35
Maundy Thursday – John 13:1-17, 31-35 The last couple of days I’ve been thinking of previous Maundy Thursdays and previous foot washings. There are no feet to wash tonight but I think there’s something to be learned from that. One of the things that struck me as I thought about this night and this Read more
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This Is The One – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Matthew 21:1-11
Palm Sunday – Matthew 21:1-11 Most years Palm Sunday tends to focus on the palms. But not this year. This year there is no palm procession. We’re not waving our palms and children aren’t having sword fights with theirs. We’re not walking into the church together singing All glory, laud, and honor and “the lips Read more
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The Pandemic Is Our Holy Week
The COVID-19 pandemic does not stand as a barrier or in opposition to Holy Week. The pandemic is our Holy Week. We don’t need to try and make Holy Week “normal” or like previous years. We need to experience and connect to Holy Week, not in spite of what is happening, but through what is… Read more
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Sermons For Holy Week and Easter Sunday (2019)
A collection of sermons preached at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Uvalde, Texas, for Holy Week and Easter Sunday 2019. Read more
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Sitting In Opposition – A Sermon On Matthew 27:57-66 For Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday – Matthew 27:57-66 I am always struck by the contrast between this day, Holy Saturday, and the rest of Holy Week. The crowds, shouting, and turmoil of Good Friday have given way to silence and stillness. There is no meal or intimacy like on Maundy Thursday. The excitement and hope of Palm Sunday’s Read more
Interrupting the Silence 