On Good Friday, we adore the Cross of Jesus Christ, even as we realize the hard truth that we would have been among those who crucified him. And we face the even harder truth that we put people on the cross every day. The good news to which we cling […]
On Maundy Thursday, Jesus teaches us what love looks like: like a Teacher washing his disciples’ feet. His command to love is no command at all – it is simply what those who have been so loved by Christ do. It is how the world will know us – not […]
Holy Week Worship The Three Days Thursday, April 2 – Maundy Thursday – 7pm at Trinity Directions at: http://trinitykeezletown.org Friday, April 3 – Good Friday – 7pm at St. Jacob’s Saturday, April 4 – Vigil of Easter – 8pm at Muhlenberg Directions at: […]
Sometimes we want to cut deals with God, but this God makes no deals. 5th Sunday in Lent (Year B) – March 22, 2015 – Jeremiah 31:31-34 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “Let’s (Not) Make a Deal” – Pastor Evan Davis [end of the Escort story – listen […]
John 3:16 has been used as a weapon for too long, so we need to read John 3:17 too. Eternal life isn’t a future reward for people who have the right answer today. Eternal life is Jesus, given for you, today. Get your “JOHN 3:17” posters ready as you listen […]
Jesus says his Father’s house is not a marketplace. But then he radically redefines where God lives – not in a house, but in a Body. God’s Body is not a marketplace. 3rd Sunday in Lent (Year B) – March 8, 2015 – John 2:13-22 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran […]
God tells Abraham and Sarah a crazy story – that they will have a child while their peers are settling into retirement. Jesus tells his disciples that his goal is not to achieve total power in Jerusalem, but to suffer execution at the hands of tyrants. Crazy. Jesus invites his […]
Everybody likes Shiny Jesus. Everybody can find God up on the mountaintop. But what about down in the valleys of life? What about down here in the Shenandoah Valley? What about on the cross? Worship was canceled on Transfiguration, February 15, due to bad weather. But watch here for Pastor […]
We have a tendency to take ourselves, and our lives, a little too seriously. But, you know, we’re just not that important. Nevertheless, we are that beloved. 5th Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) – February 8, 2015 – Isaiah 40:21-31, Mark 1:29-39 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, […]
Jesus does not wait to confront what holds you captive…he moves to set you free. Today. Listen to this week’s sermon: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) – February 1, 2015 – Mark 1:21-28 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “Set Free” – Pastor Evan Davis [Much of this […]