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…
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…
Epiphany is all about recognition. Recognition that Jesus means something important for the whole world. For the folks in the East, for the folks in Judea, and for us. Wherever…
The lineages of Jesus we get in Matthew and Luke go toward understanding who Matthew and Luke thought Jesus was, and what was important about Jesus. Since then, people have…
It is sometimes hard to accept people who come late to the project of bringing about change. Those who have been working for a long time can resent people who…
Who are the disciples in the story of Palm Sunday? We know the crowds will turn by the end of the week, but those who remain are those who do…
Jesus's temptation is to do everything himself and avoid the messy work of people. We have the same temptation, to go alone rather than building a team. We have the…
Jesus's transformation leads the way for us, the hope that we, like Elijah, Moses and Jesus, may find new life. So how does that work with the transfiguration?
Remember, an eye for an eye is a restriction on escalation. It is to remind us that no matter how angry we are, there are limits to the punishments people…
What does it mean to show God's love in this time and place? What are the implications of the discoveries of science for our service to others? We're not sure,…
Jesus calls us all in our own languages, to make our lives into something even greater. James and John and Andrew were called to expand their fishing and fish for…
Jesus submits to John's baptism, despite being greater than John. What do we have to learn from others who may know more than we do? What was Jesus doing and…
The challenge for us as Christians is to feel the presence of God that we felt on Christmas Eve not only in the Christmas season, but throughout the year. How…
