Affirmed in Love
Jesus comes from the poorest of the poor to serve all, so he waits in line with the sinners and the cast-offs. This is an act of solidarity, the solidarity that...
Tag: Sermon
Sermon: The Word Became Flesh
This is the heart and essence of the Christmas story; God poured God's own self into human form. The eternal Word of God – God's proactive agent in all of creat...
Sermon: Make Ready
Friends, the act of acknowledging that we have done wrong is not designed to make you feel bad; it is simply an awareness that we can and will do better, and we...
Sermon: Sign of Things to Come
So our story of Hope begins with a young girl who says yes.
Sermon: A Wise Reign
Truth is something that is supposed to be valued by those who claim to follow Jesus; truth is absolute and not some version of the truth that is bent to fit a p...
Sermon: Praise the Holy One
Jesus speaks of this to those gathered with him, and he tells them not to worry about what is or is not coming but to be conscious of the present and the work t...
Sermon: Risk and Restoration
Yes, we must remember those gone before us and continue to tell their stories so they remain alive in our hearts. But we also must care for those still here all...
Sermon: Take Heart
The healing of Bartimaeus is the last of the healing stories in Mark, and it is significant in that it points to the continued blindness of the disciples as to ...
Sermon: Great Service
However, only when we face our own tendencies to be a son or daughter of Zebedee can we come to terms with our humanity and live the new life of discipleship.
Sermon: What Must I Do?
As Jesus often does, he shifts the focus of the question in terms of this idea that the Kingdom of God is not on some far-off cloud in the sky but rather, the K...