“The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” – 1 Corinthians 1:18 (Sermon from 1 Corinthians 1:18-25)
In the wilderness and in rebuking Peter, Jesus was saying that his cross was necessary. Turning to the crowds and us, Jesus said that to follow him involved giving all we are over to him – that his cross isn’t the only one needing to be borne. (Sermon from Mark 8:31-38)
Ash Wednesday service tonight at 7pm. A poem by Jan Richardson asks, “Did you not know what the Holy One does with dust?” I’m excited about the way we answer that question tonight!
The Law and the prophets, the living and the dead, the Old Testament and the New, all testify to what the Father told Peter, James, and John on the mount of Transfiguration: Jesus is God’s Son, the Beloved; we should listen to him. (Sermon from Mark 9:2-9)
We have a desire placed in our hearts for unbounded peace, unsurpassed love, and life that is everlasting. We know where to seek for and find those things. Will we help others find them too? (Sermon from Mark 1:29-39)
There are many things in the world that work to tear us down. Division is easy. Unity isn’t. What is always true is: love builds up. (Sermon from 1 Corinthians 8:1-13)
Jesus called Simon and Andrew, then James and John by the sea of Galilee. For them, this was just day one. This was just the beginning. Their journey was only starting. Our journey is still underway. (Sermon from Mark 1:14-20)
Whatever boxes we think we have God in, there will come a time when we are likely to find him bursting out beyond the edges. (Sermon from John 1:43-51)
Here at the beginning of 2018 we talked about what Paul and scripture meant when they called us to be servants of God. The prayer of Wesley’s Covenant Service helped us say “yes” to being servant ministers, and “yes” whatever God is calling us to this year. (Sermon from Ephesians 3:1-12, Matthew 2:1-12)
David, Gabriel, and Mary agree: nothing is impossible with God! (Sermon from 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Luke 1:26-38)