The Body of Christ Given For You

The Body of Christ Given For You

Today’s Sermon focus It’s not all up to you! All of us have stories about why we are in church today. Why we follow Christ. Why we listen to stories of Jesus with such attention. Why we pray. Afterall, we no longer live in a world where belief in God is...
Being Honest About Suffering

Being Honest About Suffering

Today’s Sermon focus The Holy Space of Telling the Truth In life, we all know there are roads we don’t want to walk. We don’t want to walk through the valleys of the shadow of death. We don’t want to walk through grief or health challenges. Or disability. We...
Faithful Small Step

Faithful Small Step

Today’s Sermon focus Small gifts, small steps are necessary but enough There once was a fundraiser who raised money for an international hunger nonprofit, The Hunger Project. In her book, The Soul of Money, she told the story of going to accept the biggest gift...
Evolution and Jesus

Evolution and Jesus

Today’s Sermon focus We Follow Jesus, Our Good Shepherd In 1859, Darwin published his famous treatise, Origin of the Species, in which he lays out the basic blueprint for evolution through competition or survival of the fittest. To say this book had an impact on...
Herod the Coward

Herod the Coward

Today’s Sermon focus This gospel is not a raw potato, but a feast for understanding our choices for loving others well. Earlier this week, I was visiting Elmer, otherwise known as Stitz, with his daughter Becky. We were doing a brief communion service at his...