Easter 4 – Sermon

4 Easter Year C Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Rev. Mark A. Lafler In our 23rd Psalm and in our Gospel reading we… The people of God… Are compared to… Being sheep. We are sheep precisely because we are followers of...

Easter 2 – Sermon

2 Easter Year C 4/24/2022 Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 118:14-29; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31 Rev. Mark A. Lafler The second Sunday of Eastertide is always dedicated to the disciple named Thomas. Often referred to as “Doubting Thomas” An unfortunate nickname that has stuck...

Easter Sunday – Sermon

1 Easter Year C 4/17/2022 Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; Luke 24:1-12 Rev. Mark A. Lafler On April 15th, 1965, 57 years ago Friday… a song was released that would climb the charts in the United States and Canada. Written by Hal...

Lent 5 – Sermon

5 Lent Year C 4/3/2022 Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Rev. Mark A. Lafler Our Psalm today is the seventh of the collection of psalms known as the Songs of Ascent. There are 15 total of these… all grouped together here… Psalms...

Lent 4 – Sermon

4 Lent Year C 3/27/2022 Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Rev. Mark A. Lafler We are around the halfway mark of the season of Lent. Three weeks until Easter Sunday. I hope your Lenten disciplines are going well. Of course, they are...