Sermon Easter Day April 20, 2014 William Bradbury   Acts 10:34-43  Colossians 3:1-4  Matthew 28:1-10  I heard about a teacher who received a note from her student: It read— “I loved what I was learning but I couldn’t make it stay in my head. It was too different from what...

Sermon Good Friday April 18, 2014 William Bradbury   Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1-19:42  Psalm 22 As a member’s 8 year old niece asked, “Why did Jesus have to die?” This is an ancient as well as a modern question. Why didn’t Jesus just lay low...

Sermon Maundy Thursday April 17, 2014 William Bradbury   Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14  1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35  Psalm 116:1, 10-17  If this were your last night what would you do? Spend time with friends and family over a long meal? Tell everyone how much you love them? Pass...

Sermon Sunday of the Passion April 13, 2014 William Bradbury  The Liturgy of the Palms Matthew 21:1-11  Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29  The Liturgy of the Word Isaiah 50:4-9a  Philippians 2:5-11  Matthew 26:14- 27:66 or Matthew 27-11-54  Psalm 31:9-16  We call it Palm Sunday but its central name is Sunday of the Passion...

Sermon Lent 5—Year A April 6, 2014 William Bradbury Ezekiel 37:1-14  Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11  John 11:1-45  At our last Lenten program we listened as each person talked about their view of Jesus, and how it had changed over time. We began this discussion looking at how Nadia Bolz-Weber, that...

Friends in Christ, Our new bishop elect is The Reverend Alan Gates (see bio below). We had some drama when it was discovered there were irregularities in the first ballot, but It didn’t effect the final outcome. I am excited about Alan and look forward to getting to know him better....

Sermon Lent 4—Year A March 30, 2014 William Bradbury  1 Samuel 16:1-13  Psalm 23  Ephesians 5:8-14  John 9:1-41   This long story begins with the disciples wondering why this beggar was born blind: did God zap him because his parents sinned and or because in utero he sinned? Today we would...

Audio is not available for this sermon. Sermon Lent 3—Year A March 23, 2014 William Bradbury  Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-11  John 4:5-42  Last week’s encounter with Nicodemus the insider starts at night. Today’s story with an outsider begins at noon.  Jesus sitting by the well of Jacob is...

Sermon Lent 2–A March 16, 2014 William Bradbury   Genesis 12:1-4a Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17  Psalm 121  Jesus says:  “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” Whether your Bible translates it “born from above” or “born again”, it...

Sermon Lent 1–A March 9, 2014 William Bradbury Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 Psalm 32 You know the quote, maybe from Mark Twain: “Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it” After the last big snow my Facebook page just lit up with people giving...