The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. What Does This Mean? “What does this mean?” the devout ask (Acts 2:12). For those gathered in that house, the event meant the birth of sudden, surprising, unmerited new life. Filled with the Holy Spirit, they burst from the house…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Praying for You Today’s gospel reading is first and foremost a prayer. It is Jesus’ prayer, and we are given the privilege of listening in as he prays on behalf of his disciples and people of all times and…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Our Home-making God Into the midst of our anxiety and alarm we are offered a vision of a glorious future filled with promise—the promise that God will make a home with us. This is a promise of an ultimate…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. God’s Beautifully Messy Community From abandonment to homecoming and from a narrow scope to a broader vision of God’s realm, these are the promises proclaimed. The early church and our faith communities are called to engage this reality. A…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. The Searching Sheep Messages and information today are texted, tweeted, broadcast, e-mailed, phoned, lectured, announced, packaged, and repackaged. The means and avenues for communication are many. Yet when it comes to the person known as Jesus of Nazareth we…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Do You Love Me? Follow Me When we encounter Jesus, we are changed and will never be the same. Jesus can be revealed in a blinding light on the road, in an abundance of fish, in breakfast on the…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Can I Get a Witness? The texts for today explore what it means to be a witness: the power of seeing and experiencing the resurrection firsthand. For those of us who weren’t there in person to witness Christ’s death,…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. The Day, the Day What is Easter anyway? Christians consider Easter to be the “first day.” From Easter comes the practice of worshiping on Sunday morning. It is the first day of the week. It is also the first…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. A Place with Jesus The movement of this day—from shouts of praise to words of denial and cries for crucifixion—mirrors the path of discipleship. The lives of Jesus’ followers hang in the balance between faithfulness and betrayal. For Peter,…
The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Facing Death Mary of Bethany recognizes Jesus’ mission: he has come to die. Perceiving the new thing God is doing, she embraces his death and pours out her devotion to Jesus in an extravagant act. The prophet beseeches the…