NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2022 This Sunday is Easter! After Palm Sunday, when what was thought to be a triumph, but was for those involved a tragedy; through Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, the Passion of Christ ending with crucifixion; it’s time for “A Celebration of the...
This Sunday begins the end of the celebration of the liturgical season of Easter. However, for us as followers of Christ, every day is a celebration of the Resurrection. This is also Memorial Day Weekend. While most people have come to identify this Weekend as the unofficial beginning of the...
Sunday is Mother’s Day and the Fourth Sunday of Easter. At Covenant, we honor not only birth and adopted Mothers, but also those serving in maternal roles. Acts 9 speaks of such a woman with this summary of her life in v.36. “In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha...
This Sunday, Covenant will join with Christians all over the world in “A Celebration of the Resurrection,” we know as Easter. After an intense week that began with much joy, promise and hope on Palms Sunday; we have traveled the road of Holy week recalling the betrayal, trials, death by...
This week, the first verse of the assigned gospel text references yet another encounter of the disciples with Jesus after the Resurrection. Jesus’s standard greeting right before and immediately following the resurrection is “Peace be with you.” I believe we miss many opportunities, gifts and blessings from God because we...
This Sunday is the 2nd Sunday of Easter; but is better known as Low Sunday; as Christian churches collectively tend to record their lowest attendance of the year. However, we find a very important message in the assigned text from John 20. In it, Jesus says to His disciples, “Peace...
This Sunday is Easter! We will be celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ! Now, you might think Easter must be the easiest sermon preparation assignment for preachers, especially those in long term pastorates. Wrong! After all, how many new ways can you tell the death and resurrection story of Jesus....
I grew up hearing often an old saying that goes like this: “Don’t let your good be the enemy of your better and your better, the enemy of your best.” The idea is if we hold on too tightly to what we think is good, we often fail to let...