Barbara Lundblad - Emmaus

Below is a video clip of Professor of Preaching Barbara Lundblad at a communion service on Thursday, April 10. At this service our acting dean James Hayes announced to the community that Rev. Lundblad had just been promoted from Associate to full Professor. We celebrate with Professor Lundblad and know that she is such a valued member of the Union community and to all those who study and practice the art of preaching. In this service she preaches about the post-Easter Emmaus text. She picks up the story where many of find ourselves--way past the dawn of resurrection. In her telling we hear how "the guest becomes the host." She describes what it takes to turn these followers of Jesus around, in the middle of the night, to walk all the way back to Jerusalem. What would it take to turn us around?

I love this sermon because she picks up and affirms the myriad ways resurrection continues to happen in our midst, particularly in James Chapel. Listen and give us a comment.