Easter Sermon Delivered by the Rev. Rhonda J. Rubinson

Alleluia! Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed, alleluia! Please be seated.

I’d like to start off our time together on this beautiful Easter Sunday morning with my favorite story about St. Francis of Assisi; I tell it a lot and I’d like to believe that it’s true, but even if it’s legend it has a good deal to say about the resurrection. One winter day, St. Francis was walking in the woods when he came upon an almond tree. He stopped, he stood, he prayed. As he prayed, he spoke to the almond tree: