https://vimeo.com/213369813 Given By Rev. Madison Shockley March 26, 2017 Today's reading coincides with the current topic involving healthcare. Our government is wrestling with just how much healthcare should be available. The Gospel of John should not be taken literally. It is a story of Jesus healing a blind man. His disciples ask whose sin led [...]
he reading today of Jesus meeting a Samaritan woman at the well is unique in several regards. First, the scene describes Jesus, a man, meeting a woman at a well. During this period of history, if you wanted to meet a woman, you went to the well...
The Gospel of John is a different kind of gospel from the other three. Matthew, Mark and Luke are known as the synoptic gospels. John's gospel views the life of Jesus in a different light. The early church almost did not include it in the Canon. There is no infancy narrative...
The reading today from John tries to imagine the calling of the first twelve disciples. It begins with Andrew and his brother, Simon-Peter, who are simple fisher-folk from Galilee. Next came Philip who then tries to persuade Nathanael.
https://vimeo.com/163194383 As guest preacher, Neal Washburn, asks the question, "What did Jesus mean when he asks the disciples to feed and tend my sheep?" According to the reading, John 21: 1-19, the disciples have gone back to fishing in the weeks after Jesus' death. Jesus appears to them and tells them to throw their [...]
https://vimeo.com/159661326 In this week's passage from the Gospel of John, he addresses his Jewish-Christian based community to tell them that the truth about Jesus. Jesus was sent by God to show them the way to live a God-pleasing life. Today's sermon speaks to one aspect of Jesus' teachings. It tells us a truth about [...]
https://vimeo.com/158744397 The sermon was inspired by the story from the Gospel of John about a woman caught committing adultery who is brought before Jesus. The elders want to stone her. Jesus turns the tables on them. In the recent past, women were referred to as having a reputation or being easy. The new term [...]
https://vimeo.com/157890535 What kind of Christian are we? Do we need constant watering or are we able to thrive by getting just a bit of water? Through the Gospel of John, Jesus talks about giving us Spiritual life through the Living Water. We can be Drought-Tolerant Christians by keeping our faith even when the world [...]
https://vimeo.com/156123514 Given By Madison Shockley on Feb 14, 2016: From the Gospel of John, the first temptation of Christ talks of the Samarian Woman at the well. John uses this literary device to have us become better prepared to answer the call of God. It prompts us during Lent to do a self examination. [...]
