Sermons

"Like Treasure Hidden in a Field"

Proper 12.A.23
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”

Of all the parables told by Jesus, this is one of the shortest, taking up all of one verse…one sentence. But it is the custom of Our Lord, is it not, to say a good deal with few words….and, truth be told…who doesn’t like a good treasure story.

"The Darkness of Easter"

Easter.A.23
John 20:1-18
The Rev. Melanie L. McCarley

“Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark Mary Magdalene came to the tomb.” Imagine…. perhaps Mary felt the chill of the early morning dew on her feet, maybe she stumbled on the path as she made her way in the shadows. What might she have heard? The wind rustling through the trees? Or the sandy scuttle of creatures scurrying into the underbrush as she walked by. Was it yet too early to hear the birds greet the morning? I imagine darkness and quiet and the weight of sorrow pressing down.

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