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Sermons on resurrection

John 11:1-44: Jesus’ Bedside Manner

There was a time, we used to speak about the bedside manner of doctors or nurses and how important that was to create a sense of trust between medical professionals and their patients. This trust, cultivated through a good bedside manner, often meant that when outcomes were not as good as hoped for by patients or their families, that the medical staff…

“An Idle Tale”??

Luke 24:1-11 (NRSV, slightly adapted) On the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women 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, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside…

Easter Sunrise: Were You There?

Were You There? Sunrise Readers’ Theater, a/k/a the Confirmation Class Haddam and Higganum Congregational Churches, Haddam, CT Haddam Meadows, Easter Sunrise, March 27, 2016, 6:30 a.m. Voices: Joseph of Arimathea (Michael); Nicodemus (Thomas); Mary Magdalene (Jordan); Joanna (Stella); the other Mary (Sally); Salome (Bridget) Congregation Sings: Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Joseph:      I am Joseph, from the…

In Remembrance

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way…

Not Seeing…And Believing

1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we…

Resurrection is for Real

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the…