Seventh Sunday of Easter; John 17

Jesus is at dinner with his disciples. It is a Thursday night – the night of Passover. It is the last meal Jesus will eat with his friends before he dies Like so many teachers, or parents, given one last chance to hand over some package of wisdom for their charges to remember, Jesus tries to tell the disciples what it has all been about. For three chapters, John’s Jesus preaches to his disciples – trying to sum up three years of ministry together and prepare them for the next step.

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SERMON, THE REV. KRISTIN SCHULTZ, APRIL 15

Happy Easter! Our bulletins this morning say “2nd Sunday of Easter,”     and our Easter season will last seven weeks and end with Pentecost. But does it really feel like Easter any more? The eggs have been colored, found, and made into egg salad. The chocolate bunnies have been eaten and Easter baskets put away. For most people, Easter is over. Which is a shame. Because we live in world that needs Easter. Not just one day, but every day.

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SERMON, THE REV. KRISTIN SCHULTZ, MARCH 18

For God so loved the world that God gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

This is perhaps the #1 best known bible verse, and it would be easy to hear this in the gospel reading and say, ”Oh, yeah, that again. I know all about that.”

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