+ A sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8A/Lectionary 13A) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on June 28, 2020 + Text: Matthew 10:40-42 Video: LINK When have you felt welcomed? How do you know you are welcome? Is it through the words someone has said to you? Is it through actions that you have …
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I Am Sending You
+ A sermon for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 6A/Lectionary 11A) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on June 14, 2020 + Texts: Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:23 Video: LINK There’s no denying that the past couple weeks have been tough for many of us. We’ve watched as protests decrying the murder of George Floyd have rippled …
Breath
+ A sermon for Pentecost Sunday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on May 31, 2020 + Texts: Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13, John 20:19-23 Video: LINK In the beginning, Genesis tells us, when God created the heavens and the earth, the Spirit of God moved over the waters bringing forth light and form and vegetation and …
I’m Praying for You
+ A sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on May 24, 2020 + Texts: Acts 1:6-14; John 17:1-11, 15-21 Video: LINK It seems people are praying more. That’s according to a news article I read this week that one of our Holy Cross members shared with me.[1] It noted …
Another Advocate
+ A sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on May 17, 2020 + Texts: Acts 17:22-31; John 14:15-21 Video: LINK Something I’ve noticed in the past couple months is how much more I’ve been trying to stay connected with people. Whether by social media or text messaging or …
Christ the Gate
+ A sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on May 3, 2020 + Texts: Acts 2:42-27; Psalm 23; John 10:1-10 Video: LINK One of the hallmarks of the Gospel of John is a series of seven statements by Jesus, spread throughout the gospel, in which he says “I …
Walking into Resurrection
+ A sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on April 26, 2020 + Texts: Luke 24:13-35 Video: LINK It’s now been just over a month since Governor Inslee instituted his “Stay Home – Stay Healthy” proclamation, by which he ordered Washington residents to stay indoors except for essential …
A New Normal
+ A sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on April 19, 2020 + Texts: John 20:19-31 Video: LINK “I just can’t wait for things to go back to normal.” It’s a phrase I keep catching myself thinking or saying out loud. Has anyone else? This is now our …
Dry Bones and New Life
+ A sermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on March 29, 2020 + Texts: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 Video: LINK “Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.” You know, it has seemed like our readings have been on …
Who Sinned?
+ A sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on March 22, 2020 + Text: Psalm 23; John 9:1-41 Video: LINK “Rabbi, who sinned,” they asked. Was it because of “this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” On the face of it, this seems like a …
Pastor Paul Eldred 