From the Tomb: 2022 Easter Sermon Seeds Series
“Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.”
John 20:1
Easter begins a new season. It’s a new week and a new day. The power and glory of the resurrection forges forth a new way of being. Life and death have been transformed through the work of Christ. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the weeks of the Easter season, we journey from the tomb with Jesus and the early disciples from that perspective. From the Day of Easter to the Day of Pentecost, we find God in flesh and in spirit moving in the world and in us…from the tomb.
“The explosive force of the resurrection of the Lord is too vast to be contained within a celebration of one day….The first day of the season, Easter Day, is the opening of a protracted celebration, even as the Resurrection is itself the opening to a vast new reality.”
Laurence Hull Stockey
Easter Scripture and Themes “From the Tomb”
April 17, 2022 (Easter Sunday): John 20:1-18 “From the Tomb” | Sermon Seed
April 24, 2022: John 20:19-31 “See God” | Sermon Seed
May 1, 2022: John 21:1-19 “Follow God” | Sermon Seed
May 8, 2021: John 10:22-30 “Believe God” | Sermon Seed
May 15, 2022: John 13:31-35 “Glorify God” | Sermon Seed
May 22, 2022: John 14:23-29 “Love God” | Sermon Seed
May 29, 2022: John 17:20-26 “Know God” | Sermon Seed
June 5, 2022 (Pentecost Sunday): John 14:8-17, 25-27 “Ask God” | Sermon Seed
The Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay, Sermon Seeds Writer and Editor (lindsayc@ucc.org), is a local church pastor and worship scholar-practitioner with a particular interest in the proclamation of the word in gathered communities.