by Andreas Wagner | Apr 2, 2020 | Sermons
Some of the most difficult experiences people have had to deal with in these past weeks are funerals and planned weddings. To emphasize the point let me ask this simple question: how do you grieve without the comfort of human touch and the support of a caring...
by Andreas Wagner | Apr 2, 2020 | Sermons
This gospel passage tells us the story of a man who was blind from birth. John tends to share fewer healing stories compared to the other gospel writers; but those he does tell he describes in astonishing detail. He frequently calls his miracles “signs.” In other...
by Andreas Wagner | Apr 2, 2020 | Sermons
The first thing that strikes me about this story recorded in John 4 is how John assumes his readers to have a certain familiarity with the landscape. He says Jesus came to this city called Sychar near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph....
by Andreas Wagner | Apr 2, 2020 | Sermons
There is something about nighttime conversations that sets them apart from the interactions and talks we tend to have during the day, which are often task oriented. “Can you pick up some coffee beans on your way home?” “Have you put that doctor’s appointment on your...
by Andreas Wagner | Feb 17, 2020 | Sermons
“I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” These words from Deuteronomy 30 come to us three millennia after they were written. Today, as we explore that most fundamental of...
by Andreas Wagner | Feb 17, 2020 | Sermons
Almost 40 years ago, in 1982, American physicist Heinz Pagels wrote one of his books about science written to inspire the general public, even though most people, including myself, find it pretty difficult to understand. The book was titled “Cosmic Code,” and it dealt...