Faith Explorations
The Basics
Today's Sermon focus The basics of faith are basic. LOVE is the answer always. When is the last time you felt really alive? Can you think of a “peak experience” when you may have thought, “This is it, this is what life is about.” To quote our reading from 1 Timothy,...
Taking Risks
Today's Sermon focus Our kids are so good at learning and engaging the world - skills we can honor and practiceI loved my graduation from the University of Washington. Even back then, people were sometimes “too cool” to bother going to graduation, as if it...
Aiming Low
Today's Sermon focus We get caught up in our pretenses and "false self" and Christ is calling us to something differentMy stepdad Ron loved fast cars. Over the years, he had different sports cars, but when I was in middle school, he had a Corvette which I thought was...
Twisted Up
Today's Sermon focus We get all twisted up. Jesus calls us to be restored into new life and to let those twists go. Who here loves a good to do list? I love them so much I can take them oddly seriously, because I love the experience of marking things off the list. I...
Bold Discipleship for AI
Today's Sermon focus Our discipleship matters in the face of fear and changeJesus says, “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” So, basically don’t worry. You can relax about wealth and power. You’ll have all...
Greed is Big Deal
Who remembers the Wizard of Oz? What’s the basic premise of the story? What’s the moral of the story? Classic tale of a young person looking on the bleak prairies of Kansas and asking is this all there is? Her heart knows there’s more to life than this, but how can...
Prayer Moves Mountains
Today's Sermon focus Prayers are heard and God responds. It's a true thing. Yesterday, several of us from Celebration were at the memorial for Jackson Dunckel, the 13-year-old young man who took his own life. I had never met Jackson. I went to support Pastor James,...
Discerning Action and Rest
Today's Sermon focus There is a time for action and a time for rest. We need to discern the difference. I’ve been haunted by a particular scene in an old TV show for the past 25ish years. It was back when Martha Stewart was getting really big. The empire of Martha...
Drawing Near
Today's Sermon focus We serve the world when we serve those with the wounds we know. He Nate and I lost someone very dear to both of us this past week. We both met Greg independently of one another. Greg was Nate’s first patient at an outpatient orthopedic physical...
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