(This sermon was shared as part of Laity Sunday at First Church on Sunday, May 26, 2019.) Acts 1: 1-11 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit …
The Triumphal Vulnerability of Jesus
A few months ago, I was asked to teach Sunday School for the Ecclesia-Wingard Class at my church. This group of folks are some of the most loving, welcoming, warm, funny people in our congregation. They as a group and individually are core members of our church family. Many of them were the first to …
Poured Out for You
She holds out her hands to receive the bread and juice. As I bend down with the cup, I see a small semicolon tattooed on her wrist. Without asking, I know part of her story. My breath catches in my throat as I say what I’ve said to the forty other people who have come …