top of page
Search
Office Administrator
Mar 20, 20235 min read
Life-Giving Water
John 4:5-42 The movie Castaway is about a Fed Ex employee played by Tom Hanks who’s plane crashes on a deserted island. He learns how to...
4 views
Office Administrator
Mar 6, 20236 min read
Who’s In and Who’s Out?
John 3:1-17 Last week we heard of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Now for the rest of the Sundays in Lent, until Palm Sunday, we’re...
13 views
Office Administrator
Feb 28, 20235 min read
Battle of Wills: Temptation in the Desert
Matthew 4 :1-11 There’s a recent series on Prime Video called “Rings of Power.” It’s set a thousand years before the original Lord of...
6 views
Office Administrator
Feb 28, 20235 min read
Ash Wednesday
Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-21 We live in what some call a “signal culture.” The term describes how humans tend to flaunt things we find...
8 views
Office Administrator
Feb 28, 20235 min read
From the Mountain of Glory to the Valley of Sorrows
Matthew 17:1-9 There’s a phenomenon known as the third man factor that many stranded explorers, shipwrecked crews, and mountaineers have...
5 views
Office Administrator
Feb 14, 20236 min read
Seeing Scripture through the Lens of Love
Matthew 5:21-37 The way we choose to look at something can change the entire way we see and understand it. One philosopher gives the...
22 views
Office Administrator
Feb 6, 20235 min read
Salt, Light, and Role Models
Matthew 5:13-20 Role Models is a 2008 comedy starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott. It’s a story about two men who get arrested and...
17 views
Office Administrator
Jan 31, 20235 min read
The Blessed Perspective
Matthew 5: 1-12 A few years ago I remember looking through some “first day of school” pictures. On my first day of sixth grade I had a...
10 views
Office Administrator
Jan 23, 20235 min read
Called to Metanoia
Matthew 4:12-23 Pastor and theologian Rob Bell has a video series where he explains how in Jesus’ time being a disciple to any rabbi was...
47 views
Office Administrator
Jan 17, 20235 min read
Baptism Reveals Who Jesus Is
Sunday, January 15, 2023 | Matthew 3: 13-17 Today is Baptism of our Lord Sunday. And we’re in the season of Epiphany. It’s the season...
7 views
Office Administrator
Jan 9, 20234 min read
The Gift of Epiphany
Matthew 2:1-12 Have you ever thrown a birthday party and have people show up late? I remember a few years ago my sister-in-law and I put...
4 views
Office Administrator
Jan 9, 20236 min read
Is There Room In Your Inn?
Christmas Sermon | Luke 2:1-20 It seems every family has some hilarious and terrible travel memory in family lore. One such time for me...
6 views
Office Administrator
Dec 12, 20226 min read
Jesus the Unexpected | Matthew 11: 2-11
I’m sure we’ve all met someone who wasn’t quite what we expected. One of my favorite examples is when Luke Skywalker meets Master Yoda...
23 views
Office Administrator
Nov 29, 20226 min read
The Parousia: Good News for the World’s Future | Matthew 24:36-44 & Isaiah 2:1-5
Have you ever seen the movie This Is the End? It’s a comedy about the end of the world. In it, actors Seth Rogan, James Franco, Jonah...
29 views
Office Administrator
Nov 15, 20226 min read
I AM. | Luke 21:5-19
Good Morning! It is so good to be with you once again, in person, for the first time in a few years! Before I begin the sermon proper,...
15 views
Office Administrator
Nov 7, 20225 min read
The Promise of Eternal Life | Luke 20:27-28
Today is All Saints Sunday. It’s a day we remember all those who have died in the past year, and also all those who have been born or...
19 views
Office Administrator
Nov 2, 20225 min read
Transformed to Live Generously | Luke 19:1-10
Today is Reformation Sunday. It’s the day we Lutherans remember specifically how Martin Luther reminded the world of the good news of...
8 views
Office Administrator
Oct 25, 20225 min read
Simul Justus et Peccator
The Pharisees of Jesus’ time were the religious superstars, highly respected individuals who took the laws of the Torah very seriously. ...
10 views
Office Administrator
Oct 17, 20226 min read
Persisting in Prayer, Wrestling with God
The first reading we heard this morning is a fascinating story about when the man Jacob becomes Israel. This story is about a struggle...
12 views
Office Administrator
Oct 10, 20225 min read
A Spirituality of Gratitude
My childhood dog was a yellow lab named Blondie. She was the most energetic, playful dog you can imagine. She had a good heart but was...
7 views
bottom of page