Palm Sunday is an odd Sunday to start as a new rector. I just want to put that out there in the open. It’s odd. Hello, I’m your new rector, my name is Mike. I’m grateful to be here. Now let’s crucify Jesus…together. Well, before we get there, let’s pause for Palm Sunday. We’ve justContinueContinue reading “Sermon for Palm Sunday, Security or Hope?”
Category Archives: Holy Week
Holy Week: In a World Shaped by Violence, We Need Protest
“Did you hear about the riot this weekend?” Our friends Rachel and Matt were in town, visiting from Chicago where Matt works for a labor Union. He was talking about Hockey fans at the University of Minnesota who threw bottles and jumped on top of a moving car. As the police arrived, some of theseContinueContinue reading “Holy Week: In a World Shaped by Violence, We Need Protest”
El Salvador and Resurrection
¡Romero Vive! This shout echoes from the voices and lives of Salvadorans as we march through the streets of San Salvador. 30 years ago the country lost its archbishop to an assassin’s bullet. Oscar Romero was targeted because he proclaimed that Christianity was good news for the poor, that Christian life demands standing for freedomContinueContinue reading “El Salvador and Resurrection”
Maundy Thursday…can’t get away
Today is Maundy Thursday. Maundy, from the latin means Commandment: Commandment Thursday. What then is the commandment? What does Jesus tell his disciples to do? Jesus washes the disciples feet by Grieg Leach The great commandment of Jesus: Love one another as I have loved you. Today Jesus gives meat to that prayer. He bendsContinueContinue reading “Maundy Thursday…can’t get away”
Mike Angell 