by Shelly | Feb 13, 2024 | Sermons
The paradox of God’s mark of love On Ash Wednesday we begin our forty-day journey toward Easter with a day of fasting and repentance. Marking our foreheads with dust, we acknowledge that we die and return to the earth. At the same time, the dust traces the...
by Shelly | Feb 9, 2024 | Sermons
God-light shines from Jesus’ face The Sundays after Epiphany began with Jesus’ baptism and end with three disciples’ vision of his transfiguration. In Mark’s story of Jesus’ baptism, apparently only Jesus sees the Spirit descending and hears the words from...
by Shelly | Feb 1, 2024 | Sermons
Seeing God’s power expressed in large and personal works In Isaiah the one God who sits above the earth and numbers the stars also strengthens the powerless. So in Jesus’ healing work we see the hand of the creator God, lifting up the sick woman to health and...
by Shelly | Jan 26, 2024 | Sermons
Seeing God’s power expressed in large and personal works In Deuteronomy God promises to raise up a prophet like Moses, who will speak for God; in Psalm 111 God shows the people the power of God’s works. For the church these are ways of pointing to the unique...
by Shelly | Jan 19, 2024 | Sermons
Responding to God’s call – immediately! As we continue through the time after Epiphany, stories of the call to discipleship show us the implications of our baptismal calling to show Christ to the world. Jesus begins proclaiming the good news and calling...
by Shelly | Jan 11, 2024 | Sermons
Responding to God’s call – overcoming hesitation All the baptized have a calling in God’s world. God calls not just pastors and deacons but also the youngest child, like Samuel. The story of the calling of Nathanael plays with the idea of place. Nathanael...
