by Sarah Toney | Feb 16, 2025 | Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Woe to us who are disconnected from the realities of the world. One of the best songs of all time, imho, is Hotel California. I’m not even that much of an Eagles fan or necessarily a fan of 70’s rock. I love this song in part because it is...
by Sarah Toney | Feb 12, 2025 | Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Your story and reality is reflected in God’s story. It is a trustworthy guide! After I graduated seminary and made it through the candidacy process with the ELCA, I had written roughly a bajillion words about myself. I was so tired of...
by Sarah Toney | Feb 2, 2025 | Epiphany, Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Empathy is the path of love and getting beyond ourselves, not a sin. Recently, I was engaged in highly risky behavior. I was spending time online, ingesting people’s opinions on this, that, and the other thing. Dangerous, I know! It’s what...
by Sarah Toney | Jan 26, 2025 | Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Which rules are we playing by? God’s or ours? It makes all the difference. Nate and I have a long history of being very annoying board game players because we tend to not play by the rules. This drives serious board game players nuts....
by Sarah Toney | Dec 25, 2024 | Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Harmony in our voices is powerful and inclusive Like a few number of you I’m guessing, I watched the Charlie Brown Christmas special again this year. The best part of the whole wonderful thing is when Charlie Brown has finally had enough of...
by Sarah Toney | Dec 22, 2024 | Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Christ is always turning up where we least expect and sometimes least want One of the greatest Christmas movies of all time (imho) is “A Christmas Story.” It’s about a boy in 1939 who desperately wanted a Red Ryder BB gun. To him, this is...