Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Surprised (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 6:1-6
February 25, 2018
Jesus was surprised. Are you surprised Jesus was surprised? I mean, after all, isn’t he the Son of God? Mark says it right at the beginning of his gospel:
This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
And, if Jesus is God’s Son, wouldn’t he know everything? … Continue reading ...
the man of Nazareth (Click
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Matthew 15:21-28
March 12, 2017
I am not the same person I was 22 1/2 years ago. Are you? I’m not the same minister I was 22 1/2 years ago. I have changed, significantly, since I have been here among you. I don’t think in the same way. … Continue reading ...
More’s the pity (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 53:4-5
March 15, 2015
The image on the cover of your bulletin shows a white policeman holding a club standing over the slumped body of an African-American. It is hard to judge from the photo if the limp, presumably beaten, body is that of a man or a woman, but I think it is a woman.… Continue reading ...
If (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 4:1-13
February 14, 2016
Jesus returned from the Jordan …
What had happened there, while Jesus was at the Jordan River? Jesus was baptized by John. Before Jesus began any of his work, before he began bringing good news to the poor and healing the sick and welcoming outcasts and setting slaves free, he was baptized by John.… Continue reading ...
Our common lot (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 23:13-26
March 20, 2016
Who killed Jesus?
Pilate did. He was the one, the only one, with the authority to have Jesus put to death, and that was the sentence he pronounced. Reluctant or not, he made the decision. Pilate, the agent of the Roman Empire in Judea, killed Jesus.… Continue reading ...
No matter who (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Acts 10:34-43
March 27, 2016
This is Jesus …
… a young Korean bearing the heavy burden of the cross and the heavy burden of his divided people.
This is Jesus …
… a resolute Masai warrior watching over his brothers, protecting his sisters.
This is Jesus …
… a Balinese dancer, coming to us dancing, spreading light and joy, pushing back the shadows and all the beasts that lurk in the shadows.… Continue reading ...