Love is Stronger than Death, Easter Day, April 17, 2022
Sermon delivered by the Rev. Cristina Rathbone Luke 24:1-1224:1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared.They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, […]
The Weak Messiah, Palm Sunday
Sermon delivered by the Rev. Cristina Rathbone The Palm Sunday Liturgy features two readings from the gospel instead of the usual one. The first relates Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem just before Passover. He enters on a donkey, just the way Hebrew Scripture had foretold the Messiah would arrive and, as a result, the streets are lined with […]
Pouring It All Out With Love, Sermon April 3, 2022
Sermon delivered by the Rev. Cristina Rathbone John 12:1-11 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made […]
The Prodigal Son, March 27, 2022
Sermon delivered by the Rev. Cristina Rathbone Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “There was a man who had two sons. […]
Jesus the Gardener, Sermon, March 20, 2022
Luke 13:1-9 At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you […]
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Sermon, March 13, 2022
Sermon delivered by the Rev. Cristina Rathbone Luke 13:31-3531 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me,[a] ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and […]
The Promised Home, Sermon, March 6, 2022
The Promised Home Deuteronomy 26: 1-11, Luke 4:1-13 Ms. Lee Cheek, preacher Greetings, my friends on Zoom and my friends here in Crissey Farm in the town of Great Barrington, MA, on this 6th day of March, 2022, on the 11th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on the 424th day since the violent insurrection […]
Light in the Wilderness, Sermon February 27, 2022
Sermon delivered by The Rev. Tina Rathbone Gospel for Sunday, February 27, 2022: Luke 9:28–36 …Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking […]
Welcome, Sermon, February 20, 2022
Sermon delivered by the Rev. Cristina Rathbone Luke 6:27-38 “But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do […]
We Can All Be Catchers of People, Sermon February 6, 2022
Sermon delivered by the Rev. Cristina Rathbone Luke 5:1-11 Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got […]