Sermon Audio 3/28/2021, Palm/Passion Sunday B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion, Lectionary Year B

 

Mark 15:1-39

As we enter this Holy Week with Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and the story of his death, we can leave our expectations behind.

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Sermon Audio 4/14/2019, Passion / Palm Sunday C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 23

We read Luke's version of Jesus' passion story in parts, with voices split among the assembly. This is our story because Jesus has made his story our story.

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Sermon Audio 3/25/2018, Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion, Lectionary Year B

John 12:12-19

Mark 15 

Palm Sunday and Sunday of the Passion are a lot to process. On Saturday evening, after I'd gotten the baby to sleep, I sat down and saw that my social media feeds were filled with stories, images, and videos of that day's March for Our Lives. I knew I would need to scrap the sermon I had planned and write a new one to reflect the connection between Jesus' own procession into Jerusalem and the march of 800,000 people led by teens and children in Washington, DC. I opted for a fully scripted sermon, a practice I reserve for rare occasions.

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Sermon Audio 4/9/2017 Palm / Passion Sunday

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion, Lectionary Year A

John 12:12-19

John 18:1-19:42

The juxtaposition of Palm Sunday's raucous proclamation of Jesus as king and the Passion's stark abandonment of Jesus to the authorities shows us much about who we are as people and as followers of Jesus. 

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Sermon Audio 3/20/2016, Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday, Lectionary Year C

Psalm 31:9-16 [Link to Oremus]

A brief reflection on the crucifixion and death of our Lord through the lens of our Psalm for today: "For I have heard the whispering of the crowd; fear is all around." Recent sermons have discussed our current election season and the mass shooting here in Kalamazoo, and those sources of fear again bubble up today. But at this beginning of Holy Week, even as we see Jesus die we know fear will not be the end of our story. 

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Sunday 3/29/2015 Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday, Lectionary Year B

Philippians 2:5-11

This year, instead of again being annoyed that Palm Sunday and Sunday of the Passion are forced to share a single stage, I decided to embrace the paradox, and remembered the helpful guideline that Jesus is both.

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Lent 19: It Gets Better V - A Sermon for Passion Week

Read this sermon for Passion Week by a student at my alma mater. It's long, but worth every word and then some.