The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’ Mt. Airy, May 2, 2021 Acts 4:5-128:26-40, Psalm 22:24-30, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-8 Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! The eight short verses of today’s gospel passage are chock full of rich images written to evoke our imaginations and call us into discipleship. They begin with the seventh and final “I…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz St. James’, Mt. airy April 25, 2021 – Easter 4B Acts 4:5-12, Psalm 23, 1 John 3:16-24, John 10:11-18 Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! Today is Good Shepherd Sunday. It always falls on the fourth Sunday of Eastertide when we pair up Psalm 23 and one of the shepherd stories from John’s gospel.…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz St. James’, Mt. Airy April 11, 2021 Acts 4:32-35, Psalm 133, 1 John 1:1-2:2, John 20:19-31 Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! Some of you may remember that a few years ago I offered an adult formation series I created for parents and grandparents (and really everybody) called The Hard Questions: Parenting with Doubt, Faithfulness,…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz St. James’. Mt. Airy Easter Day April 4, 2021 Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Mark 16:1-8 Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! We have circled back around to another pandemic Easter. But while last year we…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz Lent 5, 3/21/2021 Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-13 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 I will put my law within in, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. The image of God…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz Lent 3, March 7, 2021 St. James’, Mt. Airy Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, John 2:13-22 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Today’s gospel reading is one of only a handful of stories that appear in all…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Lent 1, 2/21/2021 Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-9 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Here we are, back in Lent again. It was of course last year near the start of…