Category: Jesus
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O Christ, Your Crucifixion
How is Good Friday happening in our world today and how might the presence and experience of God transform these places of tragedy?
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The Stones Cry Out
I love the evocative words of Jesus in Luke’s account of his entry into Jerusalem: “I tell you, if these stop speaking, the stones will cry out!” The testimony of the stones accompanies us as we remember Jesus’ passion and reckon with injustices past and present. This text for Holy Week is set to the…
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How Can We Know You, Christ?
Jesus asks, “Who do you say that I am?”. Disciples, crowds and rulers puzzle over this question. Each of us who follows Jesus works towards our own sense of understanding and relationship. What is Jesus’ nature, purpose, and power? This text owes a debt to Sylvia Dunstan’s iconic “You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd,”…
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I Come to You
Jesus’ ministry begins as he offers invitations to fisher folk on the seashore. As his ministry continues, so do his invitations, often given to the most unlikely people. How do we receive his call, here and now, and how do we respond? This text is designed for the tune WAYFARING STRANGER. You can preview or…
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Across the Sea
This text began when someone mentioned having a hard time finding a hymn for Matthew 14:22-33, in which Simon Peter attempts to walk on water. I was struck by how many of the scenes with Jesus on or by the water speak to the longing and uncertainty of the disciples as they find their way…
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Jesus, Faithful Ancient Tree
A few years ago I preached an Easter sermon on fungus: the amazing underground networks that connect trees so that a whole forest can operate as one organism. The hub of that forest organism is sometimes called a mother tree, an elder that shares memory and resources with others. Research on this phenomenon has been…
Hannah C Brown 