This is the sermon I preached on Sunday, 5/14 at St. Timothy Lutheran Church , Bemus Point, NY. The Tex was John 14:15-21. Like some of you, I am a visual learner. Pictures help me to understand things better. Well, I must say that today’s gospel is a visual learner’s dream. The timing of this passage is a continuation of last week’s gospel. Jesus is still preparing his disciples for the time when he will no longer be with them physically. John’s writing is typically dense and twisty--Jesus is in the Father, if you’ve seen Jesus, you’ve seen the Father. Jesus asks the Father to send the Spirit. It makes your head hurt. In seminary, we had a class on the gospels. We had to choose which of the four, we wanted to concentrate on for Greek translation. Our prof warned us that we would regret choosing John’s gospel because of the language. It has the most difficult Greek of the four gospels. I must say, however true that may be, it remains my favorite gospel. I love th...