Sermons

Easter III: So what lessons can we learn from the lilies? … In the bleakest of times they break forth out of frozen soil and bloom triumphantly as they reveal signs of new life.

Easter II: In our more honest moments, I suspect all of us want to see and touch Jesus.

Easter Day: If the tomb isn’t the end, if God will stop literally at nothing, even death, to keep working on this frightened, self-absorbed world, then the only choice is to live big, bold, risky lives.

Easter Day: The Resurrection of Jesus can also become your own personal resurrection; a resurrection of new life, new hope, and healing.

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.