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....
by Shelly | Jun 23, 2022 | Sermons
Jesus invites us into freedom We have no good apart from God. That makes Jesus’ call to follow him an invitation to freedom. This is freedom to revel in the Spirit’s fruit: love, joy, peace, and patience. This is freedom to not be imprisoned by anything that would...
by Shelly | Jun 15, 2022 | Sermons
Proclaiming How Much Jesus Has Done OThis Sunday’s texts paint startling pictures of the horrific nature of sin. The church’s repeated celebration of holy communion counters that tragic reality in a continued showing forth of the death of Jesus until he comes again....
