Sermons

Dive In

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

And just as he was coming out of the water,
he saw the heavens torn open
and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.
Mark 1:10
          I was six when I fell from a tree and broke my collar bone.  It was a pretty bad fall, and within seconds my friends who had moments earlier […]

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The Art of Discernment

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

The Art of Discernment:Letting Go, Jumping Off and Landing Well See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; then I will […]

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Fire and the Still, Small Voice

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

   
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind,
and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.  Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. […]

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Becoming a Body

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.
Romans 12:4
            The church in Rome faced some incredible challenges.  They didn’t have any institutional support whatsoever.  They didn’t even […]

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Recognizing Resurrection

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

If the resurrection is not only something that happened long ago and far away, how do we recognize signs of resurrection in our time, in our world, in our life?

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Recognizing Jesus

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Our challenge, as people of faith, is to be able to recognize the presence of Christ in the world today, because our temptation is to leave Jesus on the dusty pages of ancient manuscripts.

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