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Feb 22, 2026 17 min

We Begin with Good News

from University UMC Sermons Hosted by Renee Moreno

When it comes time to write my obituary for the local paper, please do not start with my résumé. Do not start with my career or my worldly accomplishments (however small they may be). Do not take up space writing about my alma mater or outlining the entire family tree (we know who we are). Instead, spend your precious little word count on how beautiful it all was. Write about the dinner parties and the fireside chats. Write about the evenings we spent on the front stoop counting fireflies. Write about summers in the mountains and the garden that we grew. Write about the seasons we cried out to God, and the prayers that God answered. Write about the nights we danced, and the days we laughed. When it comes time to tell the story of my life, please take a lesson from the Gospel of John, and start with a wedding. Start with a miracle. Start with the fact that all of it held joy. — A Sanctified Art

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This Sunday is the first Sunday of Lent and we begin with GOOD NEWS! Our sermon series for the season of Lent is inspired by the creative team at A Sanctified Art. The scripture lessons are John 2:1-11 telling the miracle at the wedding of Cana and Matthew 13:31-32, the parable of the mustard seed.

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