In Christ We Are the Keys

In Christ We Are the Keys

Sermon given by Pastor Kathleen O’Keefe Reed on Sunday, August 23, 2020, the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, during the online worship service at University Lutheran Church. Texts for the service were

  • Psalm 138
  • Romans 12:1–8
  • Matthew 16:13–20

In the sermon, Pastor Reed analyzes the image above as well as the detail below, published in Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and the East Kept the Original Easter Vision by John Dominic Crossan and Sarah Sexton Crossan.

In this detail from a large mosaic, Jesus's sandaled foot crushes the devil
Top of rear entrance wall, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello Island, Venetian Lagoon, Italy. Printed in “Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and the East Kept the Original Easter Vision” by John Dominic Crossan and Sarah Sexton Crossan