Sermon Archive
Advent 1: Magnify Hope
Text: Luke 1:46-56; Isaiah 2:1-5 Advent has begun! We had a kind of soft open a couple of Sundays ago with the scripture from Isaiah 9 about the people walking in darkness seeing a great light and then last week with the Christmas crafts. But this Sunday is...
Sing a Song of Revolution: Advent with the Magnificat
Advent marks the new year in the calendar of the church. It’s weird time to reset, when everything (in the northern hemisphere) is dying and getting dark. It’s a weird time in the world to proclaim the traditional themes of hope, peace, joy and love when it sometimes...
God Loves the Immigrant
Text: Deuteronomy 10:12-22 Guest Preacher Hannah Snelling joined us to tell stories about her work with asylum seekers and refugees at World Relief Western Washington, in line with scripture, in which we read, "God enacts justice for orphans and widows, and loves...
A Light Shines in the Darkness
Text: Isaiah 9:2-7; John 8:12 Our friends down the road at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church celebrate Advent for six weeks, which means they're starting Advent this week. This was something their pastor, my friend Katy, said kind of in passing at a clergy meeting...
Justice Un-Dammed
Text: Amos 1:1-2; 5:7-15, 21-24 A long time ago in and land far, far away (Winnipeg in about 1999) I worked as a volunteer coordinator for a number of small food banks and drop-in day centers for people who were unhoused or struggled with income or food...
A God Who Grabs On
Text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 51 Does anyone in the congregation come from a family like Davids? A family with a whole mess of sibling? We heard in the Lesson for All Ages that my grandpa was one of 22 (in a blended family). Big families are rare in my...
Getting on God’s Wavelength
Text: 1 Samuel 3 We learned something about sound in our Lesson for All ages. How we can pass a message from one cup to another because of the vibration of the string and the cup. And we know from the study of the human body and sound waves that our ears also...
Building Courage for Non-Cooperation
This presentation and information are borrowed from Mennonite Action and Freedom Trainers Jesus' parable from Matthew 25 is a reminder of the call to Jesus' followers to offer care, compassion and justice to those most vulnerable. His ministry demonstrated his...
Turning Toward Enough
Text: Exodus 16:1-18 Once again, God is paying attention to a moaning and groaning and complaining people. God is compassionate and patient and promises abundance, saying, "I will make bread rain down." Now, the image that first came to mind for me was a book...
How To Pay Attention
Text: Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-15; 4:10-17 I think many of you know that for the past 6 or so years I've been on the Pastoral Leadership Team of our conference. Our role is to discern and hold ministry credentials for the pastors and other ministers (like chaplains...