Sermon Archives

Lectionary
September 7, 2025

Through Thick and Thin

Through Thick and Thin
August 31, 2025

Where’s the Ram?

Where's the Ram?

This is a challenging story. A God who tests? An instruction for Abraham to sacrifice his son? Seemingly blind obedience? This story makes me uncomfortable. And in my early moments of sermon preparation, I decided I don’t even like this story. Now I hope that doesn’t sound too irreverent to you, but I think it’s […]

August 10, 2025

ב is for Beginning

ב is for Beginning

The Creation stories testify to God’s desire to be a home-maker who showers the entire household with love. With Jesus as our beginning, with Israel as our guide, that’s the God we meet in Genesis.

July 27, 2025

Altar Politics

Altar Politics

How can our anger give life? We alter politics, by practicing our politics on the altar. This is how we resist the Empire and welcome the kingdom of God through the body and blood of Jesus.

June 1, 2025

Growing up in Faith

Growing up in Faith

Our passage for today from Galatians 3 follows on Mark’s from last week and dives right into Paul’s response to the troubles in Galatia. Remember that the churches in Galatia were getting caught up again with what outward symbols were necessary to be a Christian, specifically questions around circumcision. Mark Baker, in the Anabaptist Community […]

May 25, 2025

All in

All in

In his letter to the churches in Galatia, Paul expresses his frustration that they were drawing distinctions between Jewish and Gentile believers. To Paul, truth of gospel was linked directly to the fellowship of Gentile and Jewish believers on equal terms. To Paul, this reconciliation and unity were not options for the church. Rather, they […]

May 11, 2025

Found

Found

The Ethiopian eunuch’s Story

May 4, 2025

Surrender

Surrender
April 27, 2025

We Had Hoped

We Had Hoped

Lauren Winner entered what she calls the middle of her spiritual life when a couple of things happened: her mother died and she got married, but it was not a happy marriage. (Quote). Where Lauren used to have faith, she now found herself staring at what she calls a blank wall. Some of us know […]

April 20, 2025

The Grammar of Resurrection

The Grammar of Resurrection

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