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Three at the Cross Sermon

Mark 15: 21-22; Luke 23: 39-43; Mark 15: 37-39

March 29, 2020 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

The key to surviving the uncertainty of these days? The net that holds us when huge crevices in our future keep opening up? The way we face illness, death and life in a new era? We look to that man on the cross and know him to be the Son of God who is with us always. We cry out to his Spirit to come through our locked doors and besieged city with ample supplies of love and grace to get us through. We reach toward him as we reach toward each other. We offer the hand of grace to Christ with his cross in every way we care for each other.

What's Next?

April 19, 2020 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

There’s no going back. Jesus is risen. Death is defeated. One man has shown himself to be Lord of life and death, Lord of all the cosmos. Once you know that, you can’t return to the old game of living just for yourself. You can’t think again that the point of your life is about being the you you dreamed up for yourself. It’s about shaping your life to love Jesus by knowing him for who he is and then loving his little ones in his name.

The King Sleeps: Holy Saturday

April 11, 2020 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

Jesus plunged farther, died deeper, was crushed finer than we can imagine on Holy Saturday. This quiet service reflects on five psalms that sustained Jesus in this time.

The Turning of the Tears

April 12, 2020 • Rev. Dr. Gerrit Dawson

Mary turned round and saw Jesus. He spoke her name. And her tears were turned. He speaks your name as well, deeply into your heart. Jesus is the great turner of the tears. Jesus lives again. Arise!