Community of Grace Lutheran Church Sermon Audio Podcast

Of all good gifts our heavenlyFather gives us,the best is the gift of the Holy Spirit -but sometimes we only begin to understand that gift through the process of our asking and seeking!

John the Baptist came to prepare the way but Jesus came to be the way and show the way of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus the hope of the world. In his post resurrection appearance Galilee, Jesu gives his disciple a mission to share that hope and promise that restores their hope.

After the resurrection ofJesus, Peter returned to his former life asa fisherman. When the fishing was failing, Jesus reeled Peter to shore and restored him to him first love as first follower.

The evening after his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples. Unfortunately, Thomas missed the meeting! Thomas doubted that Jesus was truly alive until miraculously restored his faith.

The resurrection of changes everything. But even those closest to Jesus struggled to recognize the miraculous transformation around them around within them-until Jesus spoke their name

On Palm Sunday, the world imagined the time had arrived for Jesus to step into power, and yet the "glory" Jesus pursued was not in power, but in sacrificial love.

People thought if Jesus would save anyone from death, it would be those he loved most. Bit Jesus show his love not in preventing death, but by what he does on the other side of it.