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Sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter - May 24, 2020

5/25/2020

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Texts: Acts 1:6-14; 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11; John 17:1-11
 
You may have seen a premature invitation to wear red for Pentecost. That was my mistake. Today is the seventh Sunday of Easter and the church’s color is still white. Pentecost is next Sunday. I got ahead of myself.

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Sermon for Sixth Sunday of Easter - May 17, 2020

5/17/2020

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Texts: Acts 17:22-31; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:5-21
 
In this strange new viral world, the internet has climbed into the driver’s seat. Twenty-five years ago it was a foreign space inhabited by a few brainy folks. And just look at us now, all digitally united! The only thing more we could really want (apart from seeing one another in the flesh again) is more bandwidth. Because, the more bandwidth you have, the better you stream.

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Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 10, 2020

5/10/2020

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​Texts: Acts 7:55-60; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14
 
We didn’t take the opportunity back in April to have a holy humor Sunday. It’s an old tradition among some Christians to tell jokes for the sermon on the Sunday after Easter. The origin of the idea is supposedly that Easter was a grand joke on Satan who was certain that Jesus was dead and gone forever. But then the tomb was empty! Surprise! Alleluia everybody! (Though don’t you wonder if preachers did this to avoid writing a sermon just after Easter.) 

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Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter - May 3, 2020

5/6/2020

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​Texts: Acts 2:42-27; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10
 
These days the pandemic is giving rise to a whole new genre of entertainment as we cope with the extended stay-at-home directives. There are indoor sports challenges, some of which go hilariously awry. There is competitive house, garage, or garden cleaning. And there’s endless cooking—especially those favorite comfort foods.

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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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