God Comes First God is, the theologians say, transcendent—beyond us, always exceeding our easy grasp. Recognizing God’s awesome transcendence brings a reevaluation of other values. The God of vertigo-inspiring infinitude is also the God who know the hairs of our head. Trusting this God, fear is defanged and faith becomes a sort of courage. We…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Overview In today’s gospel reading, Jesus speaks of the church’s mission with images drawn from daily life. The harvest is already plentiful, he says, but laborers are needed for work in the fields of daily life. What are we…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Overview The weeks of summer coincide with the beginning of the Pentecost season. Summer brings sunny warmth, growing crops, and the promise of harvest: images of the Holy Spirit’s presence and activity in our lives, the church, and the…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Celebrating Our God beyond Understanding The festival of the Holy Trinity celebrates the wonder of relationship with God while leaving us distinctly dissatisfied with our limited understanding of what God is. While guarding against the idolatry of language, we…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Hidden with Christ Easter turns the world upside down. It defies our expectations with hiddenness and bluntness: Mary does not recognize the resurrected Jesus (John 20:14), the good news is heralded by an earthquake and terrifying angels and is brought…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. True Humility The servanthood of a teacher in Isaiah, the outcast in the psalm, those who bow down in Philippians: today’s readings teach humility. On this day we move from Christ’s triumphant ride on a humble donkey to the…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. The Devil Doesn’t Wear Tights No one believes in the existence of the devil these days, do they? Do you? Perhaps we can thank Hollywood and Halloween’s marketing blitz for our casual if not incredulous approach to the devil’s…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Finding God in the Clouds We often speak of mountaintop experiences as those joyous times we look forward to with excitement and look back upon fondly, such as summer camp or an annual hiking trip. The mountaintop moments in…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Risky Business Time after time we are called through the scriptures to leave behind familiar and predictable ways of life, risking a journey into the unknown and unknowable. Risks often have a very big and exciting “upside” which is…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. It’s Time to Lighten Up! This is a strange time of year. The days are short, the nights are long, and even though we dream of more daylight, we walk around hoping against hope that there won’t be enough…