Sermons

Committed to the Message, Working Toward the Dream -- Consecration Sunday

Every time the world says, “Despair, for all is lost,” God wants us, the community of faith, to say, “Actually we have every reason to...

House of God

Meanwhile the world is challenging everyone with inflation and violence, political divisiveness and climate uncertainty. Where and how...

Alive to the Lord and in Us - All Saints' Day

This idea of an afterlife is a stumbling block for many today, as it was in Jesus’ day; it’s just that our reasons for being troubled are...

When Hope Thrives - Oct 23

But they were both children of God, in need of God, and happened to be in the same temple on a particular day. The Pharisee could only...

Stewards of Hope

The Church was created by God to be the visible symbol of God’s invisible promises, so that no matter what is going on in the world and...

Seeded Hearts

Even though it felt like the end of the world, God was not done with the “children of Israel” yet. In fact, God was already working on a...

A Place at the Table - Oct 2 World Communion Sunday

God is always adding places and crying out there is more room because God has enough grace and love for everybody. That tells us, God’s...

Pride, Prejudice, and Praise

But if we broaden our understanding of miracles, then his is not the only miracle in the story. It was a miracle that a captured slave...

Is It Worth It?

"Jesus said this because he realized that many of the people following him around were seeking miracles or bread or comfort of one kind...

Trusting the Shepherd

God, like a zealous shepherd, cares about all of the sheep, not just the easy well-behaved ones. Luke 15:1-10; 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Link:...