I’d like you now to think about this:

who for you is wicked?

if you had to name somebody who is wicked, who would that be?

today, now, 

who is wicked?

By being silent, the women leave room for God.

The story is then not as much about what the women did or saw,

but it’s about what God did!

The focus is on God! 

But if God is love and loves the whole world,

how can anyone perish?

If God is all love for all,

how can anybody be excluded?

The ashen cross points to resurrection and eternal life.

Use four sentences.

Sentence one begins: I’m sorry for… (fill in the blank)

Sentence 2 begins. This is wrong because… (da-da-da)

Sentence 3 begins: In the future I will… [gesture]

Sentence 4 is simple: Will you forgive me?

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Our Gospel reading from Luke about the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem is perhaps the most famous and most popular Christian story. 

We hear it year in, year out on Christmas Eve. 

Sunday School Pageants retell the story of how God so loved the world,

that God came to earth, and was born a human child, just like any of us,

and we...

Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

I’d like to once again introduce myself as Pastor Sebastian Meadows-Hemer, esp. for our radio listeners. Hello out there, wherever you are! It’s a great honour to be invited into this pulpit in this most beautiful church of St. Matthews,...