Christ the Vine
Grace be unto you from God our Father, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. Today we hear in the Gospel of John, that Jesus is the true Vine, which if I understand it, means he’s the place where you can post video clips of the totes righteous sandwiches you are eating right now to share with your friends. For those of you that aren’t tech savvy, Vine is a web-service and phone app that is like twitter but with video instead of text. You get six seconds to tell your short video tale to the world! And you can share with all your friends, and you can even do stop motion tricks, and… And so what we learn today is, Jesus is the true place to send your video snippets?? OK, so maybe Jesus is not talking about the Vine App on your phone, he’s talking about...
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Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. Today on the first day of Lent we hear again about Jesus’ baptism. Now if you were to look at baptisms we do here at Trinity, you might expect Jesus to celebrate afterward. We light special candles, give you presents, and there’s even a tiny parade where we introduce you to all the smiling faces of the community that promises to nurture you in faith. We warn you about the choir. We welcome you into the Lord’s family. We take pictures. We may even clap and cheer! But in our Gospel story today, Jesus does not go home and take a nap after his baptism, nor does he go to celebrate afterward by having lunch at the Red Plate Diner with his family. There’s no feast, no...
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