The Hellerich Family

Grace to you and peace from the God who saves us. Flash mobs are popular these days.  Wikipedia says the first  one was organized in 2003 as a social experiment.  A flash mob is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief […]

Sermon for Lent Five, Year B Grace, mercy, and peace to you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Amen. The good news for us today is that God forgives and forgets. When I was in the fourth and fifth grades there was a girl in my class named Bonita.  She didn’t […]

Sermon Lent Four Year B John 3:14-21 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from the God who heals and saves us.  Amen. Most of us prefer cuddly, furry kinds of animals.  We like the cute and pretty ones: fluffy sheep, cats, dogs, and bunnies – the ones that are tame, the ones that don’t bite. […]

Sermon for Lent, Three, Year B Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. Jesus turns the tables over and Jesus turns the world around. Today’s gospel lesson shows Jesus in a very different light from the way we […]

Sermon for Lent Two – Year B Grace to you and peace from the Lord who took up a cross for us. Amen. Today, Jesus tells us to take up our cross and follow him. Take up your cross and follow Jesus.  Many people have interpreted that passage throughout the ages as a call to […]

Sermon Lent I year B There is a great deal of action in the seven short verses of today’s gospel lesson.  In those few words, there are three major events.  Jesus is baptized.  Jesus is tempted in the wilderness by Satan and Jesus begins his public ministry. These three events in the life of Jesus […]

Sermon for the Transfiguration Grace to you and peace from the God of Glory, Our Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. I want you to think about a special time in your life that you would like to live over again.  Think of a moment that was so beautiful and wonderful that it is etched in your […]

Sermon – Epiphany 6, year B Grace, mercy, and peace to you from the God who heals us.  Amen. What words would you use to describe Jesus?  Seminary professor, David Lose, suggests that St. Mark gives us some descriptive words for Jesus in today’s gospel lesson.  I believe these descriptive words can be models for […]

The Fifth Sunday After Epiphany – Year B Grace to you and peace from the God who heals us.  Amen. In last week’s story, Jesus cast out the demon from the man in the synagogue.  Directly after that, Jesus went to Simon’s house with Andrew, James, and John.  He was probably hoping for a nice […]

The Fourth Sunday After Epiphany – Year B Grace, mercy, and peace to you from almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. In today’s gospel lesson, Jesus performs an exorcism.  The gospel writers lived in pre-scientific times, so it is tempting to explain this away.  After all, most biblical descriptions of demon possession look […]