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Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him, and follow where he leads

Rev. Amy Welin (4 Easter):Many of us keep an image in our minds of the shepherd who carries home the little lamb. Have you seen that picture? Jesus is the gentle shepherd, in a white robe, with a beautiful little white lamb in his arms. Frankly, he looks rather like a gentleman shepherd, one whose hands and clothes never get dirty. This is a comforting image, but I am not sure I would actually entrust this fellow with the care of my sheep. He looks like he could run joyfully across a flowery field, playing with happy lambs, but he would not be useful fighting off a hungry wolf or pulling a mother sheep out of unruly brambles. Read More Read more • Leer más → “Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him, and follow where he leads”
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La sostenibilidad ambiental es un asunto espiritual

La Rev. Amy Welin (3 Pascua): La colecta para el Tercer Domingo de Pascua habla de la forma en que el Cristo resucitado se revela en la fracción del pan. En la lectura del evangelio de hoy, utilizando un paso adelante en Lucas, Jesús se revela en Jerusalén, primero por comer un poco de pescado y luego rompiendo abierta las Escrituras que sus seguidores pudieran entenderlos. La intersección de la Colecta y lecturas de esta semana es la siguiente: podemos encontrar a Cristo Resucitado en el pan y el vino por la forma en que Jesús se ha revelado en todas las Escrituras. Lea más Read more • Leer más → “La sostenibilidad ambiental es un asunto espiritual”
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Environmental sustainability is a spiritual issue

Sermon for April 19, 2015 (Third Sunday of Easter)
Rev. Amy Welin:
The collect for the Third Sunday of Easter is well-suited to the Sunday that we read the story of the miracle on the road to Emmaus, when the risen Christ reveals himself in the breaking of bread. In today’s gospel reading, using a passage later in Luke, Jesus also reveals himself in Jerusalem, first by eating a bit of fish and then by breaking open the Scriptures that his followers might understand. The intersection of the Collect and lessons this week is this: we can encounter the Risen Christ in the bread and wine because of the way that Jesus has been revealed in all the Scriptures. Read More Read more • Leer más → “Environmental sustainability is a spiritual issue”
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¿Es la duda el enemigo de la fe?

La Rev. Amy Welin (2 Pascua):
¿Qué te parece: ¿Es la duda el enemigo de la fe? Es duda una fuerza espiritualmente destructiva que nos separa de Dios? ¿Le enseñaron que la duda es un fracaso personal y espiritual? Para tener dudas y preguntas sobre la fe es inquietante, ¿no? Podemos preguntarnos si algo está mal con nosotros - estamos simplemente fingiendo? somos necios? qué necesitamos la Escuela Dominical correctivas? o simplemente para orar más duro? En mis años como líder de la iglesia, he observado que las personas que viven con dudas acerca de Jesús y la resurrección puede vivir en una desesperación silenciosa, porque la duda en la iglesia es tratada casi como una lepra del alma. Lea más Read more • Leer más → “¿Es la duda el enemigo de la fe?”
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Is doubt the enemy of faith?

Sermon for April 12, 2015 (Second Sunday of Easter)
Rev. Amy Welin:
What do you think: Is doubt the enemy of faith? Is doubt a spiritually destructive force that separates us from God? Were you taught that doubting is a personal spiritual failure? (I was.)
 
To have doubts and questions about faith is unsettling, isn’t it? We can wonder if something is wrong with us - are we just faking it? are we foolish? do we need remedial Sunday School? or just to pray harder? In my years as a church leader, I have noticed that people who live with doubts about Jesus and the resurrection can live in a silent desperation, because doubt in the church is treated almost like a leprosy of the soul. Read More Read more • Leer más → “Is doubt the enemy of faith?”
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Are you looking for Jesus of Nazareth?

Sermon for April 5, 2015 (Easter Sunday)
Rev. Amy Welin:
We have known for weeks that spring has been coming, not because the weather has cooperated, but because the peeps and chocolate candy and butterfly toys have arrived in the stores. We have had to trust in the coming of spring, without a lot of observable evidence. Sometimes we realize that the boundary between the dead of winter and the new life of spring is very thin. Read More Read more • Leer más → “Are you looking for Jesus of Nazareth?”
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By your holy cross, you have saved the world • Por tu santa cruz redimiste al mundo

Sermon for April 3, 2015 (Good Friday)
Sermón de 3 de abril 2015 (Viernes Santo)
Rev. Amy Welin:
In the cross, I do not see a vindictive God who is satisfied by the blood of the pure sacrifice. I see a God who willingly sacrifices all of himself, in opposition to the violence which we demand. I see a God who chooses to be among the godforsaken. En la cruz, no veo un Dios vengativo que está satisfecha con la sangre del sacrificio puro. Veo un Dios que voluntariamente sacrifica todo de sí mismo, en oposición a la violencia que exigimos. Veo un Dios que elige para estar entre los olvidado por Dios. Read More • Lea más Read more • Leer más → “By your holy cross, you have saved the world • Por tu santa cruz redimiste al mundo”
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Jesus said: Unless I wash you, you have no share with me • Jesus le dijo Si no te los lavo, no podrás ser de los míos

Sermon for April 2, 2015 (Maundy Thursday)
Sermón de 2 de abril 2015 (Jueves Santo)
Rev. Amy Welin:
What would we do if we knew that our life would end in less than a week? ¿Qué haríamos si sabíamos que nuestra vida terminaría en menos de una semana? Read More • Lea más Read more • Leer más → “Jesus said: Unless I wash you, you have no share with me • Jesus le dijo Si no te los lavo, no podrás ser de los míos”
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Y Jesús dijo: “Sí, Yo soy”.

La Rev. Amy Welin (Domingo de Ramos):
Me gusta el Domingo de Ramos. En una mañana de domingo, que es tan bueno estar con la comunidad parroquial, a cantar hosanna, y para celebrar la alegría de un nuevo día. Nuestros palmas olor fresco y fresco y verde, como la primavera. Al mismo tiempo, recordamos el maravilloso saludo, exuberante pueblo de Jerusalén dieron a Jesús cuando llegó a las puertas de la ciudad hace mucho tiempo. Aplaudieron y gritaron "hosanna", que significa "sálvanos ahora, Señor." Tiraron sus mantos y ramas de palma a través de su ruta para que el polvo no conseguiría revuelto y cubrirlo. Fue una bienvenida real. Ellos eran la esperanza de un nuevo día en un sentido político, y ellos querían que su Mesías, Jesús, para ser su rey. Cuando nos vamos a casa, recordemos que nosotros también éramos parte de este real bienvenida. Lea más Read more • Leer más → “Y Jesús dijo: “Sí, Yo soy”.”
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And Jesus said, “I am.”

Sermon for March 29, 2015 (Palm Sunday)
Rev. Amy Welin:
The distance we cover during our procession with the palms is not a long one, at least not physically. And it really is rather fun, to walk out of the parish hall and into the church, waving our palm branches in the air and then beginning to sing our hosannas. On a Sunday morning, it is so good to be with the parish community and to celebrate the joy of a new day. Our palms smell fresh and cool and green, like spring. At the same time, we remember the wonderful, exuberant greeting the people of Jerusalem gave to Jesus when he arrived at the city gates so long ago. They cheered and shouted “hosanna” or “save us now, Lord.” They threw their cloaks and palm branches across his path so the dust would not get churned up and cover him. It was a royal welcome. They were hoping for a new day in a political sense, and they wanted their Messiah, Jesus, to be their king. When we go home, we remember that we, too, were a part of this royal welcome. Read More  Listen to this sermon Read more • Leer más → “And Jesus said, “I am.””