What happens if we put John the Baptist in conversation with Bob Iger? What lessons in leadership do we learn?
Just because something is comfortable doesn't make it good, and just because something is uncomfortable doesn't mean it should be unwelcome. John urges us to reject complacency as we prepare…
Jesus lays out what it looks like to forgive as we ought to forgive. In his trying examples, he highlights all the de-escalation we can do much more easily.
In the election season, as we become focused on the group we are a part of and our righteousness, it is important to remember that it is what comes out…
Christ enters Jerusalem in community. He exists with God and the Holy Spirit in the community of the Trinity. And we exist in community with them and with one another.…
What does morality demand of us that come into a windfall? What does it demand of us in our interaction with others? And how do we square our grand idea…
Christians believe a lot of things. That's part of the deal with having free will. Central among them all is that something miraculous happened on the cross. We may not…
As we continue our theme of Merely Christian, we look at what Jesus says about people who reassure themselves that they are good people because they are, at least, better…
C.S. Lewis starts Mere Christianity by laying the groundwork for all religion: is there some morality outside ourselves? How might this question be illustrated in this story of Jesus feeding…
As we embark on our Lenten practice and Study of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, we ask ourselves, "what is the center of our faith?" In a world where faith is…
We like to think that the world around us changes based on who we think is helped by the reality we choose to inhabit. War, violence against bodies, and acts…
We often fool ourselves into thinking messengers who challenge us are flawed and should be dismissed. But Jesus tells us that being only human is an opportunity for hope.
It's easy, when reading the healing stories of Jesus, to miss the stories of the people being healed. It's important to listen to the details, so that we can hear…
In 2022, what actions can we take that take you back to the moment you were first called to the church universal or to Ankeny UCC in particular?
Jesus's sermon on the mount includes Christianity's most famous prayer. As we pray it, think about what it says about what we need to build the sovereign realm of God…
To kick off our 2019 sermon series on our church identity, we take a look at the great commission and our call to make disciples of all the nations. Welcome…
The empty cross gives us the freedom to imagine new worlds, create new hopes, and live with the presence of Christ among us to build God's sovereign realm together. It…
The conflict between the triumph of the palms and the suffering and death of Jesus during Holy Week looms over our worship on the last day of Lent. What are…
