by Patricia Templeton | Jun 5, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It’s a dangerous moment for Christianity. The disciple are gathered together in a locked room. It’s a familiar place to them. They locked themselves away from the world after Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion, fearing that those who...
by Patricia Templeton | May 29, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
If you came here this morning expecting to hear some words of wisdom or comfort from me, I’m sorry. I have no words. No words to ease the pain, no words of hope, no words of wisdom. All I can...
by Patricia Templeton | May 22, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Last Saturday afternoon I made a routine run to the grocery store. I checked things off my list, chatted with a friend I ran into in the spice section, stood in line, paid for my items, then went home. All across America...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 24, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” This is the first, and will most likely be the only, time that I have quoted Joseph Stalin in a sermon. We are fast approaching a...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 17, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Utter nonsense. Foolishness. An idle tale. Every year we begin our Easter celebrations with shouts of joy: “Alleluia! Christ is risen!” we cry. “The Lord is risen, indeed. Alleluia!” As we make this joyful proclamation, we may think we are echoing the words with which...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 15, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It didn’t have to end this way. A question that perhaps every Christian has asked at some point is this: Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? Or perhaps more to the point: What kind of God would allow, even demand, the torture and death of his own son? Writer Mary...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 10, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Today begins the most sacred week of the Christian year, the week that we walk with Jesus on the path that ends with resurrection, but first goes through betrayal, arrest, torture, and death. Holy Week, as it is called, begins...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 3, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The cross is looming large before us on the horizon. We are deeply into Lent. At the end of our service next Sunday we will find ourselves at the foot of the cross, watching as Jesus’ hands and feet are nailed into the wood, cringing as he is...
