Faith Explorations
Peace ala Lucy Isn’t Peace
Today's Sermon focus Peace Ala Lucy I loved the Peanuts when I was a kid. Who didn’t love the Christmas special, when the kids were getting their Christmas play ready and Charlie Brown’s worry about the over-commercialization of Christmas. Now Lucy and Linus...
Radical Faith of Freckles
Today's Sermon focus The Radical Faith of Freckles My husband, Nate, and I have three dogs. You may have met Nikko, who is in Wenatchee with me and Nate has the other two, Freckles and Clay. Nikko is our old man who we rescued 2 years ago when he was 11 years old and...
Prayer Practice is Knocking and Receiving
Today's Sermon focus Jesus' Prayer Practice TeachingA while ago, I saw this cute little video online of this kid who was so upset, crying for help. He was in a shallow pool that was only up to the knees of the adults around him. It was a very safe situation, but this...
Good Samaritan: Living Out Our Faith
Today's Sermon focus Moved With Compassion, Showing MercyThis passage indicts people like me, who like to study and quote the Bible. I’m a scholar, like the scholar of the law who questions Jesus. This person questioning Jesus is basically asking: Do I really have to...
Seventy Goofballs
Today's Sermon focus 70 Goofballs Go on a Mission The whole second half of Gospel of Luke is Jesus' Journey to from Galilee south to Jerusalem. The movement Jesus has organized in Galilee, what we might call the "kingdom-of-God-drawing-near movement,” must now...
Degenerate Punk Christians, Rebel!
Today's Sermon focus Christians are rebels. Always have been. What's the rebellion you're called to in Christ? One of the fun things I’ve learned about the early church in class this past spring is that the early Christians were considered by the Roman...
Jesus’ Baggage Includes All of Us
Today's Sermon focus Our freedom and salvation as Christians comes with Christ, and Christ comes with the pain of the world. It's a both/and thing. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX bringing news of the end of the Civil Way and to...
The Walls Will Come Down
Today's Sermon focus Our Prison Walls Will Come Down Here we are in the final Sunday of the Easter season. 7 Sundays of Easter, celebrating the resurrection of Christ. We’ve been learning about the early church in our readings through Acts, hearing about the...
Mini Empires
Today's Sermon focus Are we too busy building our mini empires to notice Jesus? I owned a small business for ten years, which started as a coffee cart. When people asked about my goals, I’d typically answer, “World domination!” Of course, this was a joke. But like a...
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