This year’s observance of Maundy Thursday / Christ’s Passion examines the cross as witnessed through the eyes of the “Betrayer” Judas. He continues our Lenten sermon series looking more closely at the real, ordinary people who surrounded Jesus in His ministry. This sermon is structured as first-person monologue vignettes interspersed with the readings about the cross.
This week is Palm Sunday and we turn an eye towards the disciples who were particularly obsessed with greatness; with making a name for themselves. And in contrast we look at how Jesus expressed greatness in humility and self-giving, considering how God calls us towards such “greatness” in our own lives.
This week we look at some followers of Jesus who were not exactly admiring friends—the religious heavyweights, the Pharisees. These teachers of the Law are constantly clashing with Jesus, yet so many of us in the faith will be able to relate to them when we look closer.
This sermon continues our series exploring the real people around Jesus in His ministry. Today we come to one of the most well-respected and religious people yet…AND one of the ones who had the hardest time understanding what Jesus was about. But his journey continued, as do ours.
This is the third sermon in a series examining the real, ordinary people who were the closest to Jesus in His ministry. This week (on the PCUSA’s Celebrating Gifts of Women Sunday), we look more closely at Mary Magdalene—the myth and the reality.
