Dec 12, 20219 min readDecember 12: Revolution in a CradleMicah 5:2-5 Luke 1:26-55 Christmas is the beginning of a revolution. At least, that's how Mary sees it. The story of Christmas – the news...
Dec 5, 20219 min readDecember 5: The Long Awaited SaviorMalachi 3:1-4 Matthew 1:1-17 One summer when my Grandad was in his last few years of life, I was visiting him up at his cabin in Maine,...
Nov 23, 20219 min readNovember 21: Christ The King SundayDaniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Revelation 1:4b-8 A lot of the time these days, I don’t really feel in control of my life. Some of it is just what...
Nov 23, 202110 min readNovember 14: God's FaithfulnessRuth 3:1-5, 4:13-17 Mark 13:1-8 Today is our third Sunday – our final Sunday – in our sermon series covering the book of Ruth. Ruth is a...
Nov 23, 20219 min readOctober 31: All Saints SundayRuth 1:1-18 Revelation 21:1-6a The story of Ruth begins in tragedy. There’s a famine in Israel and so Naomi, and Naomi’s husband, and...
Oct 25, 202110 min readOctober 24: Radical forgivenessPsalm 32:1-5 Romans 6:5-11 Ann Atwater was a Civil Rights advocate in Durham, North Carolina, in the 1960’s and 70’s. She’s an African...
Oct 17, 20219 min readOctober 17 Sermon: Forgiving the UnforgiveableProverbs 25:21-22 Romans 12:18-21 Luke 15:11-32 What the younger son does in this story – the one Jesus just told us – what the younger...
Oct 9, 202110 min readOctober 10 Sermon: Forgiveness Starts with GodIsaiah 53:4-6 Luke 7:36-50 I’m bad at forgiving people. Well, that’s not quite right. Sometimes, in certain situations, I find...
Oct 2, 202112 min readIs Jesus the Only Way to Salvation - Sermon, October 3, 2021John 14:6-7 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 Imagine you’re at a neighborhood block party – or a PTO meeting – someplace where you’re kinda...
Sep 25, 202111 min readWhy Does God seem different in the Old Testament? - Sermon, September 26, 2021Matthew 5:17-20 Have you ever read the Bible? Like, really read it? Not just said you’ve read it because that feels like what you’re...
Sep 18, 202110 min readWhy Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? - Sermon, September 19, 2021Isaiah 53:1-6 Psalm 6 Philippians 2:5-11 If you ask me, the most profound question of faith, the one that is the biggest challenge to...
Sep 11, 202111 min readCan We Believe in Science and in God? - Sermon, September 12, 2021Genesis 2:1-9 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Today we are kicking off a new sermon series that we are calling “Your four biggest questions about God.”...