children of God

A sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, preached at the 5:30pm Saturday and 10:30am Sunday services 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 “See what love the father has given us, that we should be called children of God and that is what we are.” This is perhaps the hardest thing to accept in our faith. …

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triumph and mourning

A sermon for Palm Sunday, preached at the 5:30pm Saturday and 8am Sunday services Mark 11:1-11 A triumphant entry, shouts of “Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!,” “Savior! Save, I pray! Help in the highest!,” an entry for a king, and yet this is no king, at least not in the way we have known before …

famous

A sermon for the 4th Sunday of Lent, preached at the 8am and 10:30am services John 3:14-21 When I was growing up, professional wrestling was more popular than it ever had been and likely ever will be. And one of the most notable figures of what is known as the attitude era was Stone Cold …

human things

A sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent, preached at the 5:30pm Saturday and 10:30am Sunday services Mark 8:31-38 We open today with Jesus quite openly sharing the fate that awaits him. This is shocking, and more than a little strange. Why would a man, a teacher, a prophet, a man who some are coming …

wilderness

A sermon for the First Sunday of Lent, preached at the 5:30pm Saturday and 8am Sunday services Mark 1:9-15 17 dead, a dozen injured, that is how we enter Lent this year. 17 dead, literally mowed down by an AR-15, the mass shooter’s weapon of choice, a semi-automatic assault rifle. A dozen injured, forever scarred, …