by Sarah Toney | Sep 29, 2025 | Luke, Pentecost, Sarah Toney Sermon
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...
by Sarah Toney | Aug 31, 2025 | Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus We get caught up in our pretenses and “false self” and Christ is calling us to something different My stepdad Ron loved fast cars. Over the years, he had different sports cars, but when I was in middle school, he had a Corvette...
by Sarah Toney | Aug 24, 2025 | Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
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...
by Sarah Toney | Aug 10, 2025 | Jesus, Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Our discipleship matters in the face of fear and change Jesus 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...
by Sarah Toney | Aug 3, 2025 | Idolatry, Jesus, Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
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...
by Sarah Toney | Jul 27, 2025 | Jesus, Luke, Pentecost, Sarah Toney Sermon
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...
