Groaning and Sighing: A sermon based on Mark 7:30-37
This morning we are continuing our series on the relationship between Spirituality and Sickness. Over the last several weeks we’ve been exploring the question, “How is God with us when we’re sick?” How is God present with us in the midst of our sufferings? (Slide 1) Perhaps an uncomfortable answer to that question would be in verse 33, of chapter 7. “ Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.” For many of us, this might be a
Healing and Forgiveness: A sermon based on Mark 2:1-12
This Lenten Season, as a congregation we’ve been reflecting on Spirituality and Sickness. This sermon, and the sermon at the second service, are taken from that series. The series was inspired by the last three months of sickness that’s visited our family. Its just seemed this year has been a really nasty for sickness. Two weeks after my newborn, Benjamin, was born, he was flown down to Vancouver because he had a respiratory infection called RSV. I stayed home from Class
Healing Friendship: A sermon based on Mark 12:13-17
We are continuing our reflection on God and sickness. Reflecting on how God is with us when we’re sick, reflecting on how we are with God when we’re sick. Earlier this morning we reflected on the story that came right before this passage, where Jesus both forgave the sins of someone who needed healing, and then healed them physically. We noted how odd it was that Jesus would forgive someone who needed healing. The passage suggests that Jesus didn’t make the same clear dis
