by Shelly | Jul 30, 2022 | Sermons
God’s abundant gifts for all Jesus says, “It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” It is God’s promise from the beginning—to Abraham, to the early church, and to the “little flock” of which we are a part in today’s assembly. Faith, God’s...
by Shelly | Jul 30, 2022 | Sermons
God’s abundant gifts for all Today’s texts offer instruction and encouragement for all who are occasionally overwhelmed by the “unhappy business” of life. Jesus urges us to take care and be on guard against all kinds of greed. We who have died with Christ in...
by Shelly | Jul 14, 2022 | Sermons
Staying connected to our source of love Persistence in prayer is encouraged by Jesus and wins the attention of God when Abraham intercedes for Sodom. The life of the baptized—to be rooted and built up in Christ Jesus—is to be nurtured with prayer. God hears and...
by Shelly | Jul 14, 2022 | Sermons
Honoring the other by listening Perhaps the church, at its best, is “all ears.” God urges the faithful, again and again, to “listen up!”—to heed the word that gives life. So it was with Abraham and Sarah, Mary and Martha, and the early church at Colossae. So it is...
by Office | Jul 7, 2022 | Sermons
Leaning in to show loving care To love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind is to reflect God’s mercy in responding to one’s neighbor. That mercy found its most profound expression in the “gospel that has come to you”—namely the life, death,...
by Shelly | Jul 1, 2022 | Sermons
I Want to Be in That Number God is the source of our nourishment. Jesus’ invitation to “take and eat . . . take and drink” is a repeated one. In holy communion, in the word read and proclaimed, in the assembly of the people of God, the dominion of God has come near....
