Mark: He is risen easter sermon for Defiance church.

Christ is crowned in the heart of the believer among confession, and tears,

and great laughter.

George Buttrick

Here is the world.

Beautiful and terrible things will happen.

Don't be afraid.

I am with you.

Frederick Buechner

Good Friday: Unapologetic reading from Francis Spufford.

Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense: Spufford, Francis: 9780062300461: Amazon.com: Books

Mark: He saved others… sermon for Palm/Passion Sunday.

Sermon for the fifth Sunday of Lent.

Sermon for the fourth Sunday of Lent.

Sermon for the third Sunday of Lent.

Mark: You are not far from the kingdom of God.

Love is not a thing you do or come to.

It comes to you, overcomes you . . .

where faith meets hope, love is born

H. H. Kelly

Sermon on our First Sunday of Lent.

We are not our own; therefore neither our reason nor our will should predominate in our deliberations and actions.

We are not on our own; therefore let us not propose it as our end, to seek what may be expedient for us according to the flesh. We are not our own; therefore let us, as far as possible, forget ourselves and all things that are ours.

On the contrary, we are God's; to him, therefore, let us live and die. We are God's; therefore let his wisdom and will preside in all our actions. We are God's; towards him, therefore, as our only legitimate end, let every part of our lives be directed.

John Calvin