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Good Friday

Waiting for new life in a Good Friday world

April 15, 2022 by mwuc1 Leave a Comment

Text: Mark 14-15 (excerpts) * Video of first part of service Friends, this is the third Good Friday of the COVID-19 pandemic and the first one of the three where we are holding an in-person gathering here at Mill Woods United. In April 2020, the pandemic had just begun, and I used Facebook Live from my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermon Blog Tagged: COVID-19, death, Good Friday, new life, sermons

“Torn in two” — temples, cathedrals, and us

April 19, 2019 by mwuc1

Text: Mark 14 and 15 (the trials and execution of Jesus) Good Friday came early this year. For me, it came on Monday when I heard of the fire in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Notre Dame is one of the best-known and loved religious buildings in the world. At 800-years-old, it ranks alongside places … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermon Blog Tagged: Good Friday, Notre Dame de Paris, sermons, Temple

Confronting evil

April 8, 2019 by mwuc1

Text: John 12:1-8 (Jesus is anointed for burial) Are you ready for Good Friday? Lent is a season in which we metaphorically journey with Jesus to Jerusalem and prepare for the passion of Good Friday. This morning on the fifth of six Sundays in Lent, we are almost there. The journey has taken Jesus all … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermon Blog Tagged: evil, Good Friday, racism, Rwanda 1994, sermons

Holding space for grief

April 4, 2018 by mwuc1

Text: Mark 14 and 15 (the trials and crucifixion of Jesus) “We are an Easter people living in a Good Friday world” – or so say the Eeyore’s among us. Every week in church, we proclaim love and new life even as wars rage around us, scoundrels rule the nations, and poverty blights the world. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sermon Blog Tagged: Good Friday, gun violence, marchforourlives, sermons
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