Holy Week - Easter Sunday, John 20:1-18, CEB

In a world that still knows grief, uncertainty, and longing, Easter reminds us that resurrection often meets us in the places of sorrow and surprise. In John 20:1-18, we find Mary standing at the tomb, weeping, only to discover that Jesus is not absent, but alive and calling her by name. Easter invites us to open ourselves to the hope that God is still bringing new life out of what feels lost, and still meeting us in deeply personal and transformative ways.

Good Friday asked us not to rush to resurrection, but to sit with death. In this reflection, we are invited to remain at the foot of the cross, to face mortality, honestly, without skipping a head to Easter morning. Drawing from John’s account of Jesus‘s death, this episode names Good Friday as a place where we learn to live by learning how to face death.

On Maundy Thursday, we stand at the threshold of departure. This brief reflection invites listeners into the mystery of leaving, traveling light, speaking love now, and trusting that God is with us.

On these Holy Week episodes for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we’ll listen slowly to John’s Gospel through the peripheral practice of Lectio Divina. Each episode offers space to receive and notice what stands out in scripture, respond honestly, and carry what is given as we journey with Jesus toward the cross.

On these Holy Week episodes for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we’ll listen slowly to John’s Gospel through the peripheral practice of Lectio Divina. Each episode offers space to receive and notice what stands out in scripture, respond honestly, and carry what is given as we journey with Jesus toward the cross.

On these Holy Week episodes for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we’ll listen slowly to John’s Gospel through the peripheral practice of Lectio Divina. Each episode offers space to receive and notice what stands out in scripture, respond honestly, and carry what is given as we journey with Jesus toward the cross.

In a world that feels heavy, we remember that Jesus meets us in the middle of it all: joy, confusion, suffering, and hope. Palm Sunday invites us to slow down and enter a story bigger than our current moment, and yet profoundly relevant to it.

On Embodiment Sundays during Lent we are walking through the sacred texts with Lectio Divina, an ancient practice that helps us slowly and prayerfully attend to and respond to the word of God. Together, let's center ourselves in God's presence as we gather separate yet together in Spirit.

In this sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, we explore how these words were subversive in their original context—and how they still challenge us today. In a world constantly telling us what we lack and where our loyalty should lie, Psalm 23 calls us back to trust the Shepherd who leads, restores, and prepares a table where even enemies are invited.

On Embodiment Sundays during Lent we are walking through the sacred texts with Lectio Divina, an ancient practice that helps us slowly and prayerfully attend to and respond to the word of God. Together, let's center ourselves in God's presence as we gather separate yet together in Spirit.