faith, Jesus, and a conversation on the road
A sermon for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, preached at all services Matthew 25:31-46 Righteous and accursed, sheep and goats, right hand and left hand, at the end of days, the end of this phase of creation, all that will be left will be to go before Jesus, sitting upon the throne of judgement, and … Continue reading the least
A sermon for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, preached at the 5:30pm Saturday and 8am Sunday services Matthew 22:1-14 The gospels, at their heart, are a collection of stories. Now, this is not a sermon about how the gospels are simply stories that teach us things, but aren’t real, and shouldn’t be regarded as such, … Continue reading storytelling
A sermon preached on the Fifth Sunday of Easter at the 8am service John 14:1-14 Easter is a season about life. We have the promise of resurrection realized and experienced in Christ. Jesus comes back to us from death, defeating death, to teach us, to inspire us, to fill us with hope. The hope of … Continue reading a “good” life
A sermon for the fifth Sunday of Lent, preached at the 8am service John 11:1-45 I am not a crier. It’s not that I’ve never been sad, I’ve definitely been choked up before (the opening sequence of Pixar’s Up or the selflessness of Bing Bong enabling Joy to make it back to headquarters and restore … Continue reading i am not a crier, but that’s ok because neither is jesus
A sermon for the 4th Sunday of Advent, Matthew 1:18-25 Perfection. Perfection is constantly hanging over our heads, sitting in the back of our minds, reminding us that there is a little bit better, a little bit more that we can be. Often when we speak of Jesus, we speak of him as the only … Continue reading wherein clark griswold and joseph (of mary and joseph fame) seem to share a thing or two
