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Even Greater Things

Sermon Scripture: John 14:15-21 Most of us have assumptions about the Holy Spirit that we might not always say out loud, but they shape how we move through our lives of faith.; we believe the Spirit is real, we believe the Spirit moves, and we have seen it in others, in moments of unexpected grace,

The Way Home

Sermon Scripture: John 14:1-14 In the moments of disorientation we inevitably experience in life we can confuse the many emotions and sensations we encounter as a lack of faith. Even worse, the fear, shame, and guilt we feel might be taken out negatively on those we love the most. Today, Jesus meets us in this

Life Above, Beside, and Below

Guest Speaker: Dr. Paige ParrySermon Scripture: John 10:1-10 Walk into a forest and look closely at the ground, and you will find a story that runs parallel to our own. A seedling survives not by its own strength, but by the community it finds itself in: mature trees that shelter it from drying winds, fallen

Peace Be With You

Sermon Scripture: Luke 24:13-35 In a gift economy, wealth means having enough to share, currency is measured in relationships, and the unit of success is “we” rather than “I.” This is because all flourishing is mutual. We could be talking about a shrub full of juicy berries, a handmade gift from a loved one, or

Peace Be With You

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

Dawn in the Garden

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

Good Friday Tenebrae Service

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

The Humble King

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

On The Threshold of Life

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

Seeing Through the Blame Game

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