Author Archives: Elise Feltrin

The topics of demons is not an easy one – neither is the story of Jesus and the herd of pigs.   But, that’s the story for lectionary this week.  Is it possible that we are called to drive out demons?

In the story for this week we find a peculiar resurrection tales with an unexpected response from the people.  This story may be routed in a tradition marked many centuries earlier by the major prophets Elijah and Elisha.

In a world where we are told to be independent, how do we handle the idea of Jesus as shepherd?  Maybe it’s the very act of being a sheep that outsiders can’t understand until they try it for themselves.

With the disciples headed back to fishing it seems like Jesus will be nothing but a blip in history.  That is, until another resurrection moment that will change Peter yet again.  But, before they can continue, they must deal with the severed rope and the elephant in the room.

It’s the second week after resurrection and the implications are still unclear.  The lives of the disciples are still very much in the air. Scripture from the book of John, chapter 20.

People who have been a part of church for a long time have heard all the stories of the Resurrection many times over.  Yet, here we are again at Easter remembering the story again.  Since the audio was not recorded for the sermon here’s the summary version, pictures included. Think for a moment about the …

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Jesus, on a donkey heading toward Jerusalem is the picture painted by the writer of the text.  Implied in the story is tension and political activism.

From the prophetic imagination of Isaiah comes a text about the working of God in the world to eliminate empire, change the failings of the world and make new life rise up.

In just a few short verses, the Israelite people are set-up in the promised land – but what happened to the people what were there before them?