Third Sunday of Easter by The Rev. Martin Elfert

Lessons: Acts 9:1-20 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 Psalm 30   What do we mean when we use the word “Conversion”? In contemporary parlance, we mean a number of different things. Some of the meanings are mechanical: we can convert a car so that, instead of running on gasoline, it runs on diesel. Some of themContinueContinue reading “Third Sunday of Easter by The Rev. Martin Elfert”

Doubting Thomas + Second Sunday of Easter by The Rev. Mary Anne Gard

Lessons: Acts 5:27-32 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 Psalm 118:14-29     Today our Gospel scene opens with the disciples huddled and frozen with fear in the upper room. The doors and windows are barred. It is dark and the air is thick with depression, despair, and the worst of all – doubt. Despite the years, and travels,ContinueContinue reading “Doubting Thomas + Second Sunday of Easter by The Rev. Mary Anne Gard”

Easter Day by The Rev. Martin Elfert

Lessons: Isaiah 65:17-25 Acts 10:34-43 Luke 24:1-12 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24   Alleluia, Christ is risen! Sixteen days ago, our longtime cat, Maggie, died. Maggie had been with my wife, Phoebe, and me since 1999, she was very nearly seventeen years old, and she was a kind of living link to another time in our lives:ContinueContinue reading “Easter Day by The Rev. Martin Elfert”

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