Sermons

Good Friday :...the truth is Jesus is our King, our King who calls us to live a radical lifestyle in opposition to terrorism, a king who pleads with us to banish war, a king who calls us to righteousness, a king who challenges us to wave an olive branch.

Maundy Thursday: In the rare, timeless act of foot washing Jesus demonstrates both symbolically and literally how he commands us to treat one another.

Palm Sunday: Because of him, we never have to go through any of it alone.

Lent V: Am I really willing to stand up to the religious and political authorities so I can see Jesus today? Am I really willing to give up my life for Jesus?

Lent IV: But instead we know a God who will not force us, and will not protect us from pain. But Christ on the cross promises us a love that will go with us no matter what, and this love is capable of picking up the pieces with us and making something whole and alive and new.

Lent III: But God’s economy is not our economy. God’s reality is not our reality.

Lent II: What is your cross? Jesus doesn’t say go out and find your cross. Just open your eyes. Look around you, see the pain and struggle and human need around you, and pick it up and follow him. It’s the secret to living a real life.

Lent I: If you have the courage to face this wilderness within and around you, you will encounter temptations, for sure. But you will also discover the strength of God.

Ash Wednesday: “Remember that you are dust” is tremendous good news for us, because it is true; it returns us to reality. And tonight, if we can begin to accept it, we will be deeper and freer.

Ash Wednesday: Lent helps us recognize that we are imperfect and yet we are called to be perfect.