April 1st – Steve Jungkeit – with audio

[A recording of the Hallelujah Chorus by the Senior Choir follows the sermon]  Texts: Luke 24: 1-12; I Corinthians 1: 18-21, 26-31 The Parable of the Resurrection “I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart).”   Those are the words of e.e. cummings, words that...

March 18th – Steve Jungkeit – with audio

  Texts: Romans 9:13; Luke 15: 11-32 Slanted and Enchanted V: The Parable of the Prodigal Son   Throughout the season of Lent we’ve been focused on the parables of Jesus, reasoning that the words of Jesus are as important to consider as his actions.  Jesus...

March 11th – Steve Jungkeit – with audio

  Text: Luke 16: 19-31 Slanted and Enchanted IV: The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus               During the season of Lent, we’ve been focusing on the parables of Jesus, the slanted and enchanted stories that he tells throughout his ministry.  We need...

March 4th – Steve Jungkeit – with audio

Text: Luke 19: 11-27 Slanted and Enchanted III: The Parable of the Talents             The final lines of Shakespeare’s King Lear may well sum up the whole of the Christian Gospel.  After all the misrecognitions, all the betrayals, all the bloodshed and heartache,...

February 25th – Steve Jungkeit – with audio

Text: Luke 10: 25-37 Slanted and Enchanted II: The Parable of the Good Samaritan             “Tell all the truth, but tell it slant,” is how Emily Dickinson begins one of her poems, a line that was shared with me after the sermon last Sunday.  It’s a fitting way to...