Evergreen Sermons
Same, Same but Different
Text: Acts 17:16-34 Several years ago there was a special delegate session of MCUSA in Kansas city. This was after we'd had to skip an assembly because of Covid so there hadn't been delegate opportunities. And this was the session at which we discerned the...
Discipleship v Captivity
Text: Acts 16:16-36 Last Sunday morning I was listening to NPR both before and during my drive to church. And as I'm sure you all know, a news reader will periodically read the headlines between the Sunday puzzle and the interviews with authors and musicians...
It’s Okay to Change Your Mind
Text: Acts 9:1-19 Link to audio/video here. The story of Saul on the road to Damscus is often framed as a conversion story. It's referenced when people tell their own stories of conversion. And it's a big deal within the narrative of Acts - Saul recounts it several...
Mary Stayed
Text: John 20:1-18 I sure am happy it's Easter. Lent has felt hard and heavy. Both the scriptures I've been preaching on and just the news and the business of family life. To be here at last feels life a huge sense of relief! We get to eat delicious food and...
Trees, the Land and Jesus: Stories and Reflections from our Joint Struggle in the West Bank
The article below is an edited version of the sermon Liam shared with Evergreen on March 29, 2026 Easterly Reflections from our Joint Struggle Tour In February, I joined a delegation of Mennonites traveling to the West Bank. Since returning home, the transition...
Every One of these People are Ours
Text: John 19:1-16 * Sound quality for the singing in this recording is not great. Listeners may want to skip through the singing and follow the links in the text below to listen to the songs that were taught during the sermon. -- There are parts of scripture that...
Kingship v Kinship
Text: John 18:24-40 There's an improv game which, if you ever watched 'Whose Line is it, Anyway?' you might remember called 'Only Questions.' As the name suggests, the only lines the participants are allowed to use are questions. If you can't continue the scene...
Stuck Between Solidarity and Self-Protection
Text: John 18:12-27 When I encounter a story, as we do this week in the Lenten scripture, about the arrest of an innocent and about accompaniment by a companion, it starts to feel pretty close to home. Pretty familiar. Stories of arrest and accompaniment are...
Available for Modeling
Text: John 13:1-17 I was at a Singing Resistance gathering last Sunday. Lovely outdoor learning space were the rain stopped and there were even some cloud breaks that opened for the hundred or so of us who still, even with those kinds of numbers, managed to...
The Kingdom of God is Like…
Matthew 13:31-35, 44-45 This week, in lieu of a sermon, we spent time Dwelling in the Word. Read along with us! Read through Jesus parables several time slowly. Each time, reflect on one of the prompts below. Allow yourself to sink more deeply into the word in each...