Sermons

Jan 31, 20215 min read

Paul Does Not Want to be Your Idol

Above all, Paul was trying to remind the communities he wrote to what every Christian’s anchor should be: love.

Jan 24, 20215 min read

Following Jesus is Radical

That’s what we do as a Christian community: we seek the roots, we find Jesus there, and we let him change every part of us.

Jan 17, 20214 min read

Choosing Jesus in a Time of Fear

God wants to be in relationship with us: reaching out to us and inviting us to reach out to God - even in our scariest times.

Jan 10, 20216 min read

Insurrection: A Crisis of Belonging

If our baptism doesn’t compel us to live into the values Jesus taught, then it is meaningless. Our faith is empty.

Jan 3, 20211 min read

Will You Follow?

A sermon by The Rev. Danáe M. Ashley shared by Deacon Laurel.

Dec 24, 20204 min read

When We Are Rendered Helpless, God Breaks Through

In Jesus, we know that God finds us through our vulnerability.

Dec 20, 20205 min read

Here Am I

The fact is God calls and uses ordinary and flawed me and ordinary and flawed you.

Dec 13, 20204 min read

Mary Sang: Faith & Possibility

Our faith is not one of certainty, it’s a faith of possibility.

Dec 6, 20205 min read

Will We Be Ready When Jesus Comes?

Jesus comes as the least of these, asking “how are you going to prepare the way for me?”

Nov 29, 20201 min read

Listening to Understand

This is my Advent understanding process. 1. Visualizing those trees. 2. Asking how and what questions to invite the STORY. 3. Waitressing

Nov 22, 20205 min read

Christ, the King of Abundance

We have enough to give the hungry food. We have enough to give the thirsty drink. We have enough to welcome the stranger into our borders.

Nov 15, 20204 min read

Courage in the Face of Comfort

This parable is about the courage to use the gifts God gave you. Not courage in the face of fear, but courage in the face of comfort.

Nov 8, 20205 min read

Hope Is About What We Do

Hope is made manifest in what we do, not just how we feel. Just as our faith is made manifest in how we live, not just how we worship.

Oct 31, 20204 min read

Chrysalis Soup: All Saints' & These Tense Times

We may never fully know or see the kingdom in this lifetime, but I think we get glimpses.

Oct 24, 20204 min read

Love: A Lens for Our Lives

Reading and applying the Bible without love can get pretty scary pretty fast. It’s love that rescues us.

Oct 17, 20204 min read

Big Healing: St. Luke's Legacy

In this world, a species can only thrive when everything else around it thrives, too.

Oct 10, 20204 min read

With Malice Toward None

The work doesn’t end. We don’t wake up one day having mastered how to do this. We practice. We make mistakes. We learn. We do better.

Oct 4, 20201 min read

A Reflection for the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi

Make me an instrument of your peace.

Sep 27, 20204 min read

We Bring God's Grace into the World

Where humans rail for fairness, for people deserving what they get or don’t get, God simply gives what is needed, no questions asked.

Sep 20, 20205 min read

Grace Beyond Deserving

The Rev. Laurel Hart, Deacon Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16 Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his name make known his deeds among the...

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