A sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Easter, Year B I Peter 2:19-25; Psalm 23; John 10:1-10 She turned the letter over in her hands, once, twice. Finally she steeled her nerve and ripped open the envelope. In it she found a brief note from a friend, and in that note the news she had been waiting so long to hear. Her father was dead. In her cell in Ravensbruck concentration camp, Corrie ten Boom scratched a note on the wall, “Father released.” The ten Boom family had been a model Christian family in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Caspar ten Boom, Corrie’s … Continue reading The Sacrificial Shepherd

A sermon for the Third Sunday after Easter, Year B Luke 24:13-35 Be known to us, Lord Jesus, in the breaking of the bread. Familiar words, no doubt. This morning we are privileged to hear the story behind them. This … Continue reading Bread for the Journey