Pr. Cheryl Walenta Gorvie Sermon - blog

One thing about encountering Jesus is that light will be involved somehow. In John’s Gospel, light and daytime come up frequently, as themes aligned with seeing and understanding, whereas darkness and nighttime align with not-seeing and lack of understanding. Last week’s Gospel lesson was the story of Nicodemus, a rabbi who approached Jesus at night-time, asking questions but not understanding Jesus’ answers. Today’s Gospel lesson has Jesus approaching a woman at mid-day,

I just happened to be at my desk on Thursday when my friend sent me a message to alert me to the white smoke in the Vatican, signaling...

Perhaps you also have heard that phrase—if you’re going through hell, keep going. In other words, don’t stop where you are.