Tag: Nicodemus

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  In the Nighttime of Life – A Sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 and John 3:1-17

  March 12, 2017

  There comes a time in each of our lives when understanding and knowing give way to the darkness of not knowing and not understanding. The journey of faith, it seems, is a journey through the darkness. Maybe we all come “to Jesus by night.” Read more
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  The Luminous Darkness

  March 8, 2017

  Though uncomfortable and disorienting, this darkness is not bad, in fact, it may even be womblike. This darkness is not the end of faith but holds the dawn of a new kind of faith. Read more
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  Daytime Lives and Nighttime Lives – A Sermon on John 3:1-17

  March 17, 2014

  Nicodemus “came to Jesus by night” (John 3:1-17, Lent 2A). I wonder if that’s not true for all of us. I wonder if we don’t all come to Jesus by night. Some have said that Nicodemus was hiding in the darkness. He was embarrassed. He was scared and didn’t want to be seen or caught.… Read more