Sermons
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Get Busy Living
Judging someone else comes from your own insecurities. In our ministry (and in our lives), we cannot be guided by our insecurities. If you hate another person, it is...
Easter People are Called to Flourish
Being a “doer of the word” doesn’t mean just go do something – everyone is called to a different ministry (not all are teachers). We are called where we...
Easter People Celebrate Particularity
The community of Easter People does not show partiality because of individual particularities. People have particularities, but they do not make people better or worse than anyone else. Our...
Easter People are Made Whole
Christians are called to be and build community. Building an active, egalitarian community with one another is how we are made whole. That kind of community bears fruit for...
The Very First Easter People
Easter activates our faith and forms us as a living community. The energy of resurrection is more than a one-Sunday-per-year occasion. The energy of the resurrection should inspire and...
Solidarity
The entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem is not merely triumphalism, it is a “ritual of solidarity.” Jesus presents himself in solidarity with the people welcoming him by entering with...
Rage
Jesus was angry at the Pharisees for their hardness of heart, and it motivated him to heal the man’s hand. Embracing anger can be hard to do, especially since...
Truth
“Confession is just spiritual language for truth-telling” (from the Arthur Riley devo). When we confess, sharing the truth about ourselves with God and with one another, it sets us...
Lament
Lament is a gift from God. It allows us to name and appropriately celebrate the goodness of what was lost. Lent is a season for intentional lament, to embrace...
Mortality
There is meaning in mortality, there is a balance between life and death. Lent is a season that creates the time and space to reflect upon that meaning, to...
Hunger
Matthew tells us that Jesus was “famished” after his time in the wilderness. Pain is a hunger that looks not for nourishment, but for numbing. Hunger for repair and...
No Day But Today
Death can change lives for good. In the musical, Angel’s community was eventually changed for good by his death. It took time and work to move through it, but...