Sermons

From Outer Sight to Insight

Life is life and at times it’s murky and messy. It was for the man in our story. So, how appropriate that Jesus reaches down into the...

How Do We Get There?

For centuries, Christians have made this a text about what they have to do in order to get into heaven. In the process, all they have...

Who is Whispering in Your Ear?

Our calling is to serve not to be served, to draw attention to God not to ourselves, and to empower others rather than have power over...

Phase One (Ash Wednesday)

But the ashes are only phase one. First, we acknowledge our need for grace, then phase two is about embracing it and being transformed by...

Mountain Fires and Morning Stars

We are uneasy talking about our faith, not wanting to appear foolish or be associated with the kind of Christians who proselytize in ways...

Team Jesus

Fleshy people, Paul insisted, are the kind of people who get jealous of one another and quarrel and compete with each other, whereas...

The Healing Power of Community

We need real community because that is where God calls us to live out our faith. Western Christians especially tend to forget this....

Laying the Groundwork for Righteousness

Worship that is pure ritual, unattached to the way we live and the choices we make is not worship at all, according to the prophet. Rev....

The Gift and Calling of Tzimtzum for the Ever-Reforming Church

The fact that God is focused on these people in pain and need means that we should be too. These are the people who need our justice work...

Wet-Haired Faith

Our new identity in Christ is to be “God’s beloved.” That’s effectively what is stamped on our foreheads in baptism. “You are beloved to...

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