Sermon Archive
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...
God, Uh, Finds a Way
Text: Genesis 27:1-4, 15-23; 28:10-17 In the 1993 classic movie, Jurassic park there is a scene in which the Dr. Ian Malcom, played by the iconic Jeff Goldblum, says a line that has resonated through the ages. Ian Malcolm: If there's one thing that the history...
I’m Here for You
Text: Genesis 21:1-3, 22:1-14 LISTEN HERE My friends, this is kind of an awful story. Unfortunately there are a lot of kind of awful stories in the Bible. Stories where people are hurt. Stories where people and even God do things that we can't quite parse out. And in...
The News from Camp Camrec
Camp Camrec Director Brisa Peacock shares stories and experiences from the summer youth programs and invites us to continue to engage with Camrec's mission to nurture the faith of children and adults and to care for all of God's creation. --
The Bible’s Happy Ending
Text: Revelation 21:1–7, 22–27, 22:1–5 I have been to two weddings in two weeks. (One of the happy couples is right here in our midst!) So it is no wonder that imagery that what spoke to me most poignantly from John’s vision in Revelation 21 and 22 is that of a...
Sealed, Saved and Suffering
Revelation 7:1-11 The first words of our scripture from Revelation 7, are ‘After this…” so we can tell that we’re kind of in the middle of something. In the middle of something big, in fact, so let’s start with some context. This moment in the throne room...
Write This
Text: Revelation 2:1–7 & 3:1 –22 A good portion of this service was spent in small group discussion of the text; that portion is not included in the audio recording. The Churches Major metropolitan centers May think of them as obscure because they’re not thriving...
The Sound of Resistance is Singing with Joy
Text: Revelation 5:1-14 I truly hope that this week’s sermon will feel like somewhat of a reprieve from the terrifying beasts and somewhat sobering message of last week. We’re jumping around in the book of Revelation a bit but I zoomed in on the beast chapters...
Faithfulness and Endurance to Face the Beast
Text: Revelation 13:1-10 and 17:11-18 There have been a few times recently when I’ve had a kind of experience of dissonant realization. It’s almost like I’m seeing myself or my surroundings from a distance, going about normal day to day activities. Just the...
Apocalypse Revealed
Text: Revelation 1:1-20 Revelation has been coopted. For the past hundred years or so it’s been taken by fundamentalists and far right evangelicals to espouse a notion that it’s all about actual events that we are even now in the midst of. I have friends who...