Sermon Scripture: John 17:6-19 God does not love and sanctify us holy in spite of the world, but for the sake of the world, and this has been his position from the very beginning. We have not always understood this, we have not always been very good at living this way, yet the truth remains,
Sermon Scripture: John 15:9-17, 1 John 5:1-3 Christian faith involves trusting that at the center of the universe is a God overflowing with love for his world, which means that the purpose of human existence is to receive this love that has come to us in Jesus and then to give it back out to
Sermon Scripture: John 15:1-8 As Jesus describes himself as The Vine, and his friends as the branches, he is giving his followers key principles for finding peace and purpose in life — especially when things seem dark, bleak, or shallow. When you and I today consider how to live and love as best we can
Sermon Scripture: Luke 24:35-48 When Jesus designates his followers as witnesses, a term that becomes very important in Acts, he is saying that they have seen in him the fulfillment of God’s plan for the world’s salvation and that, by the very nature of that plan, they are called to share the story — to
Sermon Scripture: John 20:19-31, 1 John 1:1-2:2 Like the disciples gathered in the upper room when Thomas asks to see Jesus for himself, we wrestle with the aftermath of the cross and resurrection. The season of Eastertide is one in which we wrestle with the hope of big promises and the reality of broken and
Sermon Scripture: John 19:41—20:18 To be able to honestly proclaim, “Christ is risen! He is risen indeed,” we, like the characters in our scripture passage this morning, must affirm that four important things are happening in our lives. You might say we are being invited to experience four things developing in our lives. Jesus makes
Welcome to our Good Friday service. This service is called a “Tenebrae” service. “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
Sermon Scripture: Mark 1:1-11 As we consider the crowds who met Jesus in praise and later condemned him to death for not suiting their needs, I hope we can humbly ask ourselves, “In what ways (big or small), do we push Jesus aside when his Kingdom does not align with ours?” May we say NO
Sermon Scripture: John 12:20-33 Here on this 5th week of Lent it is not jumping the gun, nor stealing the thunder from our upcoming Easter celebrations to talk about the cross. In some ways we talk about the cross all the time, but in others ways we don’t talk about the cross enough. It would
Sermon Scripture: John 3:16-21, Ephesians 2:1-10 The Spirit’s work in our hearts is an open invitation of naming our imperfects and leaving them with Christ on our altars. As the Lord renovates the space of our lives, we often see the dust begin to settle right back where it has been cleared away. Today we
