by Sarah Toney | Feb 18, 2024 | Mark, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus The stories we need when life is hard Like most of us, I love great storytelling. One of the hallmarks of great storytellers that I most appreciate is that they adjust how they tell the story to meet the needs of the people listening and the...
by Sarah Toney | Feb 11, 2024 | Mark, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Listening to Jesus about the realities of walking to the cross. What does this mean for us now? Do you remember the part in the Wizard of Oz when the Great and Powerful Oz was speaking to Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly...
by Sarah Toney | Apr 24, 2023 | Luke, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Participation in creation, not always as the stars of the show but hopefully as the stewards, the “do-ers” of justice A few days ago I went on a hike up Saddle Rock and there was a field trip going on of bunches of 5th...
by Sarah Toney | Apr 2, 2023 | Lent, Matthew, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Let’s not skip to Easter too quickly… Wow. What an emotional ride Palm/Passion Sunday is. We start here (hand up!) and end up here (hand down low!). Looking ahead to Easter through Holy Week, it’s like starting on one high...
by Sarah Toney | Mar 20, 2023 | Psalms, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus A Prayer for Your Dark Days Normally, when I preach I focus on the gospel reading, but that’s not the focus today, even though there is a lot we could discuss in this gospel lesson about healing, testimony, and trust. There’s a lot that...
by Sarah Toney | Feb 5, 2023 | Matthew, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus What does it mean to be the salt of the earth or the light of God? On my class trip to Guatemala this January, part of our visit took us to the village of La Esmeralda and a Lutheran congregation there. Esmeralda is in an isolated part of...
