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Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter - April 19, 2020

4/22/2020

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​Texts: Acts 2:14a, 22-23; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31
 
When I heard the news that Jesus had died on the cross, a victim of the jealous anger of powerful religious leaders and the cruel law of the Romans, I knew I just couldn’t do it anymore. I was done. I wanted to get as far away from this bad story as I could. 

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Children's Message for Easter Sunday - April 12, 2020

4/22/2020

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On Easter Sunday 2020 ELCA Bishop Sharon Wee gave the Easter message via virtual technology. Pastor Beth Purdum Eden gave the following Children's message.
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The Owl and the Dove
 
Once there was a wise old owl in a barn. The barn was very old; built of roughly carved yellow stones stacked on top of each other. Its strong roof was made of pieces of dark wood and clay tiles baked in the sun. 

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Sermon for Palm Sunday - April 5, 2020

4/5/2020

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Texts: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 21:1-11
 
It was a strange, even surreal event when it happened. What we now call Palm Sunday. But what did the people call it then? A non-local rabbi comes to the city gates, surrounded by a rabble of poor rural folks cheering as if he’s their conquering hero. There’s no word for that kind of crowd, except maybe, deluded…dangerous…ridiculous. 

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    The Rev. Beth Purdum Eden is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. She has served in more than 6 parishes in the Western United States for 30 years. 

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