The Way of Grace
Isaiah 35 is a promise of restoration given through an image of a highway on which we may safely journey back home…
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The Kingdom of Life
Kristen Gaither preaches on Luke 8.40-56, the story of Jesus raising Jairus’s daughter after an interruption to heal an ailing woman. As…
Read moreSigns Pointing to Redemption
Javi Malave preaches this morning from Genesis 9.8-17, the story of Noah. How do we engage personally and honestly with a story…
Read moreThe Year Begins with Yearning
Advent begins the Christian year in a time of increasing darkness. Our year begins not with the glittering parties of New Year’s…
Read moreThe Hope of Glory
2 Corinthians 5.16-6.2 gives us some of the most hopeful verses in scripture, but they were born out of St. Paul’s reflections…
Read moreHealing for Those Who Can’t Straighten Up
From Luke 13.10-21 comes the story of a woman bent over and unable to straighten up for 18 long years. While Jesus…
Read moreSomething Greater
From Matthew 12.38-42 comes the story of the religious elites demanding a sign from Jesus. “Prove yourself to us,” they say, “and…
Read moreBody and Blood
From Matthew 15.21-28 comes a story in which Jesus’ use of a racial insult provides a test of what is in a…
Read moreTo the Very End of the Age
We finish up our series on the Great Commission titled Everyone Is a Missionary. We’ve come to the end of the series and…
Read moreParticipants in Our Healing
We continue to explore who we are as a community and what it means to truly be a member. From Matthew 9.18-38…
Read moreThis Is Not the End
We’ve come to Mark 16.1-8, the abrupt end of Mark’s Gospel. So abrupt, many don’t think it’s the end at all. In…
Read moreExecution or Coronation
In Mark 15.1-41 we have the familiar scene of Jesus on the cross. Mark is showing us that what seems to be…
Read moreThe End Is Near
Mark 13 attracts a lot of attention from people who are fascinated by apocalyptic predictions. When is the end coming? Will Jesus’…
Read moreBetween Two Advents
We live between two Advents, between when Jesus came in humility and when he comes again in glory. Advent is the time for…
Read moreA Vision of Peace
We don’t get very far when we claim, “I don’t see color.” Reconciliation isn’t about what we can’t see, but what we can. This…
Read moreWhat’s the Problem?
Reconciliation is obviously necessary between enemies, but what if you don’t feel like enemies? There are other times when reconciliation is necessary….
Read moreThe Poor Remind Us We Need a Deliverer
Here’s the next sermon in our series Why the Church Needs You. For a few weeks we’re looking specifically at why the church…
Read moreWhy the Church Needs the Poor — Grace
It’s time for a series within the series to tackle the question that was always at the heart of this exploration of…
Read moreNew Creation Now
This is our final sermon in the Everyday Resurrection series. What does the resurrection look like in an ordinary life? Like new creation…
Read moreThreatened with Resurrection
For the sixth Sunday of Easter season a sermon from John 5.1-16 titled “Threatened with Resurrection.” Jesus asks us, “Do you want…
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