Sermon Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 For most of us, love has become whatever makes us happy in the moment, whatever we enjoy most, whatever we want more of in our lives. But, the love that entered the world in Bethlehem bears little resemblance to our casual affections or our Hallmark expectations. The love of God is
Sermon Scripture: Luke 1:1-2:39 Join us for an experience of cheer and wonder as retell the story of Jesus, Immanuel's birth. This will be a crowdsourced, interactive experience for young and old alike. It is a highlight of our year as we remember the greatest story ever told. https://youtu.be/FmxbIMjC6_g Subscribe to our Podcast Each week
Sermon Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12 When we think of peace, or keeping the peace, we think of maintaining civility, not rocking the boat. But if we're honest, this peace feels less like shalom and more like a ceasefire, a fragile truce held together by what we're all agreeing not to say. This week, as we light
Sermon Scripture: Matthew 24:36-44, Isaiah 2:2-5 When the early church began shaping how this season of Advent is observed, they weren't preparing for opening presents in a few weeks, they were reorienting themselves to welcome the long anticipated kingdom the Messiah had demonstrated and promised was coming again soon! We are people of memory and
Sermon Scripture: Luke 1:68-79; Colossians 1:11-20 We all know the anxiety of a sleepless night that seems to have no end. We rehearse over and over the relief we will feel when the long dark finally comes to an end. Perhaps we will even lift our voices up in praise just as the prophet Zechariah
Sermon Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25 In 1956, C.S. Lewis wrote one of the most vivid, joyful, achingly beautiful descriptions of heaven ever put to paper. In post-war England it immediately resonated with so many readers eager for a new prophetic imagination. We see similar visionary work throughout scripture, perhaps nowhere more clearly than in the book
Sermon Scripture: Luke 20:27-38 In today's scripture, a group of religious elites approached Jesus with what seemed like a theological puzzle, but everyone could tell the question was a trap. They weren't seekers of wisdom. They weren't students eager to learn. They were hunters, and Jesus was the prey. But Jesus took their carefully constructed
Sermon Scripture: Luke 19:1-10 We have climbed ladders of success, accumulated achievements, built platforms, only to find ourselves perched somewhere high and isolated, straining to see something real, something that makes us feel less alone. In spite of our striving, we are not finding the satisfaction our souls long for. We hunger for restoration to
Sermon Scripture: 2 Timothy 4 Have you ever read a letter written by a departed loved one? Their memories come flooding back, and suddenly the paper and ink feel sacred, more than just words on a page. Their voice seems to reach across time, alive again in the words they left behind. That is what
Sermon Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 How often, when we open Scripture, do we feel like we’re just wandering through empty ruins? We explore a landscape that feels old and strange, collections of odd stories, confusing poetry, and names that feel like tongue twisters. But then, somewhere in the midst of that apparent ruin, we catch
