Janet Sermons

Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 John 20: 1-23 Deep in a vault, in a cave dug into a mountainside, on an island above the Arctic Circle, partway between Norway and the North Pole, there is a safety deposit box, of sorts, holding precious resources, considered vital for the future of humankind. It is […]

Give to Caesar What is Caesar’s and Give to God What is God’s Mark 11:27-33; 12:13-17, 28-34 Introduction What’s in your wallet? It’s a slogan for a credit card company. It is also a good question–the kind of question Jesus asks the Pharisees and Herodians who try to trap him into saying something

Luke 5:1-11; 6 12-16; 8:1-3 Introduction Since it began on January 1, I have been watching as much of the new Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) as I possibly can. This new league, with six teams between Canada and the US,  finally gives women a place to play hockey at the highest level,

How Will I Know? Why Me? Luke 1:26-38 Luke 1:26-38 Introduction: Mary Who? There are so many paintings, sculptures, icons, tapestries and stained glass windows of this scene in which Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel. Mary’s prophetic song of praise, the Magnificat, which we heard in that last song, has been

Genesis 39, 41 I’m not much for theme park rides. I’m definitely not a fan of rides that spin, or swing back and forth. Those are likely to induce nausea pretty quickly. But I have been known to ride a roller coaster now and then, and even enjoy it. There is something fun

Genesis 17:1-8; 15-19; 18:1-15; 21:1-7 When my first child was born a friend sent me this excerpt from a William Wordsworth poem to mark the occasion: Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting;The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star,Hath had elsewhere its settingAnd cometh from afar;Not in entire forgetfulness,And