Faith Explorations
Jesus Being Not So Jesus-y
Today's Sermon focus Today is your opportunity to engage with the text during Brunch Church! And it's not the easiest text, but we can do hard things. This is one of those texts that make pastors groan when it comes up in the schedule of texts we follow. I...
Fashion Advice
Today's Sermon focus Being in the flow of God's love for all people, for all the world, including ourselves. Many years ago, I was visiting my dad and Barb in Chicago in March. I learned on that trip that Chicago in March is one of the coldest places you can go in our...
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 basically...
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 don’t...
Faithful Small Step
Today's Sermon focus Small gifts, small steps are necessary but enoughThere 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 this...
Evolution and Jesus
Today's Sermon focus We Follow Jesus, Our Good ShepherdIn 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 our...
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 place....
The Nature of Power
Today's Sermon focus Walking in Trust with Christ - Moving Forward with a Holy 'Yes!'I was a part of a book club for many years in Reno and we read all sorts of things. Novels, essay collections, short stories, non-fiction – all over the place. One of them was a...
On the Brink
Today's Sermon focus Jesus knows us in our wholeness. We are whole, whether we accept that or not!The first anniversary of Richard’s death was yesterday. There was a gathering here, which if you didn’t make it, you can imagine had some tears but also joy in people...
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