Sunday’s Sermon with the Rev. Michael Mayor - Christ Episcopal Church of Puyallup

Alleluias abound as shouts of joy ring out. Christ is Risen! Explore the mystery of Jesus' resurrection as we wait with anticipation for our own transformation in God.

In his passion Jesus neither violently rebelled against nor capitulated to the principalities and powers that sought his destruction. Instead he chose what he had always chosen, a path of non-violent resistance that embodied the Kingdom of God and offered transformation and new life.

Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well and the world is never the same. Crossing lines of patriarchy and racism he brings wholeness to the life of someone on the margins of society. How might we cross such lines and make Christ manifest in our own day?

Nicodemus asks in the Gospel for the Second Sunday in Lent about being born a second time and Jesus replies with the now classic line about God's love and believing in him. What does it mean to believe in Jesus? And what are the implications for our life today? The answer may not be what you think.

The Gospel for the First Sunday in Lent presents us with Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. How did Jesus respond to temptations to the flesh, to ego, and to power and what will our response be to the same?

In the Gospel for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany we see a transfigured Jesus and his disciples caught up in mystery. In this sermon we explore the question of what it means to get out of our boxes and listen to Jesus, and what the implications are for our faith.

"You are the light of the world." With these seven little words Jesus challenges the assumption that faith is something wholly personal and private. In this sermon we explore the implications of being light for the world.

Are the beatitudes to be believed? In an age so marked by violence, and economic and social injustice, what are we to make of Jesus' words? In this sermon we explore this central text to Jesus' teaching and its implication for being a follower in his way today.

This morning we hear and see in the Gospel the shape of Jesus' public ministry. How are we in the present age called to make our lives congruent with his? Even as he calls Andrew, Peter, James and John he calls us to to leave our nets and follow after him.

In today's Gospel reading we hear John the Baptist's proclamation that Jesus is the Son of God as we examine the deep mystery of God becoming one of us and its implication for all of us.