In the 1985 movie, “Witness,” Harrison Ford plays a hardened Philadelphia cop named John Book, who is responsible for the safety of a young Amish boy when the boy is a witness to the murder of a police officer by another detective. Trying to protect himself and the boy until the trial of the murderer, […]

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Although I’ve mostly been talking about the Gospel readings this Easter, you may have noticed an interesting contrast going on between the first readings – from the Book of Acts – and the Book of Revelation.  The stories from Acts, which, during Easter, replace readings from […]

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Today is often called “Good Shepherd” Sunday.  Since our congregation is named “Good Shepherd” and not named after some historical saint, it’s as close to a patronal feast day as we get. This passage from John’s gospel about the Shepherd and his sheep, and our psalm […]

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There is an ancient tradition of the Easter joke…a tradition of telling a joke on Easter day that will bring a smile to people’s faces. So at the risk of being politically incorrect, here goes:
 
 A man walking along the Dover beach was deep in […]

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Tonight, the night we call Easter Eve, is the one night of the year when Christians experience what it means to be the church. In the early church, this was the most important time of the year…the time when Christians came to the great cathedral churches in […]

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Today, the day we call Good Friday, we come face to face with Jesus’ willingness to suffer death on a cross. Today, we have to come to grips with a God who is willing to submit to the powers of this world, to the brutality of […]

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We call today Maundy Thursday. The word Maundy comes from the Latin, mandatum, from which we get the word “mandate.” A mandate is a command or an order that has some authority. Maundy Thursday is the day when we celebrate Jesus’ giving to the disciples […]

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