Sermon Scripture: John 20:19-31, Psalm 16 Christ has a habit of showing up in the rooms we have sealed shut, and he always brings the same gift with him. Peace. He does not wait for us to unlock the door or get our courage up, or our theology sorted out; he simply appears, wounds and
Sermon Scripture: John 20:1-18 We are very familiar with death, but sometimes we are caught off guard by life, if we notice it at all. And that is exactly where the story of Easter begins. It begins in the shadow of Good Friday, still in the dark hours, in a garden before dawn, with a
A dramatic, scriptural retelling of The Passion of the Christ. “Tenebrae” is an old word with Latin roots which means “shadows.” It is given this name to reflect the darkness of Jesus’ final hours and his crucifixion. Re-living the final hours of Jesus’ life is important. It helps bring into focus the miraculous victory the
Sermon Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11 The kingdoms of this earth arrive in spectacular fashion, but Jesus arrives in a much more humble way, and that choice was the most important thing that happened in the world in a very long time. https://youtu.be/yCo39iQSvVQ Subscribe to our Podcast Each week we offer our sermons as Podcasts allowing you
Sermon Scripture: John 11:1-45 Death is an intruder, an enemy, a force that has no place in the world God intended. But the gift of free will, the very capacity that makes love and goodness possible, also means that the collective weight of human choice sometimes comes with a dark shadowside, and so sin and
Sermon Scripture: John 9:1-41 This Lent, we have been learning to set aside our disordered desires: our self-sufficiency in the wilderness, our need to control new birth, our thirst for satisfaction in all the wrong wells. And now Jesus invites us to set down perhaps the heaviest thing we carry: the belief that if we
Sermon Scripture: John 3:1-17 Every spring when the ground begins to thaw and the first green shoots appear in garden beds that have appeared lifeless for months we are reminded of the cycles of life — and this is how most of us experience the life of faith. Our moments of breakthrough feel sudden, but
Sermon Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 Today we step into the wilderness and the temptation of Jesus. The place where our appetites are met with the often untended parts of our lives and of the many voices attempting to define us, the only voice that matters is the one we are often too busy to hear. https://youtu.be/ZLRt1omCXTI
We have gathered together tonight to observe Ash Wednesday. This day marks the beginning of a season in the Christian calendar known as Lent. The purpose of Lent is to help prepare our hearts for the celebration of resurrection and new life at Easter. It is also a season in which we acknowledge our own
Sermon Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9 (14-20) We love mountaintop experiences, but you have to come off the mountain at some point and the process of descent is hard, both physically and emotionally. You have to learn how to let that mountaintop experience integrate into your daily life, where it will be truly put to use for
