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Oct 19, 2023

Grounded in Hope, Committed to Ministry

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10. In perhaps Paul's earliest letter, he celebrates and encourages the folks of Thessaloniki. He sees in them...

Oct 12, 2023

Focus Your Mind

Attention. What is that draws our attention? What is it to which God would like us to bring attention? Here in Philippians 4 we begin to...

Sep 28, 2023

Be Empty

As I reflect on living, I find that I am often full when the Way of Jesus calls me to be empty. Paul refers to this in his letter to...

Sep 22, 2023

God Is Unfair

There is something clearly unfair about the reading from Matthew 20:1-16 for Sunday. I get a little rankled when I read it. This week we...

Sep 14, 2023

Come to the Feast; Mind Your Manners

If the commandment Jesus gives is in John is to "love one another," what does that look like in practice? I know we talk about this all...

Sep 7, 2023

Time to Wake Up

We turn to Paul's letter to Rome once more for some instruction on what is important in the life of faith. So what is important? That we...

Aug 31, 2023

Being the Church

Paul has some thoughts about what it looks like to follow Jesus in community. He sent those thoughts to the faith community in Rome. This...

Aug 24, 2023

On the Seventh Year...

Sabbath. We have talked about Sabbath as command and as delight. This week we take a look at the extension of Sabbath beyond a seventh...

Aug 19, 2023

You Being You

Would it startle you to hear that God is in love with you, and that God loves you being you?! I find it startling because the messaging I...

Aug 11, 2023

A Change in Mindset

This week we begin a three week series about the Sabbath and rest. You may wonder why the sermon title is "A Change in Mindset." It is...

Aug 4, 2023

Making It Right

We end the Wisdom Series with the Song of Solomon. In it we will find beautiful love poetry and hints of reconciliation between God and...

Jul 27, 2023

Cynical Wisdom?

When I think about Ecclesiastes, I try to step away from the popular chapter 3 (remember "there is a time for every purpose under...

Jul 13, 2023

A Guide to the Good Life

Many times in my life I have I have focused on the things that I thought would bring about a good life. Proverbs 3: 1-7 helps us focus on...

Jul 7, 2023

Wounded Healers

Isaiah 61 is fodder for one of Jesus's messages, this one to his home town folks. This passage comes near the end of Isaiah and is the...

Jul 1, 2023

Don't Give Up!

There have been consequences to the choices made; still God chases us and does not give up. Isaiah 40 begins by offering us comfort and...

Jun 23, 2023

Living in Shadow

Last week we realized that first we must admit there is a problem. Admitting the problem is the beginning especially if nothing is done...

Jun 17, 2023

The First Step

This week we begin a series on the prophet Isaiah. And we'll be looking a fairly famous section where God "calls" the prophet and...

Jun 8, 2023

To Boldly Go...

Every day we go out into the unknown. In that way, we are not unlike Abram when God called him to leave what he knew to go to a "place...

Jun 2, 2023

Beyond Theories

When we look at our faith, sometimes we begin to realize that there are many complex ways the Church has sought to explain what is, Who...

May 25, 2023

The Spirit of the Matter

We are in this together. There are infinite varieties brought together beautifully in the Spirit. What is most exciting about this? We...