Referencing all three texts, the preacher invites the listener to live into the tension of the day “Why are Christians et al. more prone to division than consensus building?” Acts 8:26-40, I John 4: 7-21, John 15:1-8
Referencing all three texts, the preacher invites the listener to live into the tension of the day “Why are Christians et al. more prone to division than consensus building?” Acts 8:26-40, I John 4: 7-21, John 15:1-8
What happened with Jesus after he was baptized is what happens with Christians after we are baptized. Our wilderness lasts a lifetime. We need a savior. Thanks be to God for Jesus Christ.
We have been called as a church and as Christians to be a light for the world and salt for the world. We are called to liberate others around us from their fear of the darkness so that they might be able to enjoy and follow the light. We are called to draw others in […]
As we continue to journey through this Advent season, may we remember to be Christ in the world. As our tempers grow short as we sit in holiday traffic or when we can’t find a parking space at the store, or when the line for the register is a mile long, may we remember that […]
Today we are gathered together for the third weekend after Epiphany and we hear a wonderful Gospel lesson from Luke where Jesus, at the beginning of his ministry, is back in his hometown of Nazareth on the Sabbath and so he goes to the synagogue and when he stands up to read they hand him […]
Using the believing Thomas text from John 20, this sermon draws the listener into that first Joyfully awkward Easter night and week after. Their are many similarities between modern Easter Christians and the pattern Jesus establishes for Easter mission….Peace, Breathing the Spirit, Sending, and Forgiveness of sins.