Sermon: Let (it) Go

"Let (it) Go- Leaving Behind what We Don't Need" (May 21, 2017) Sometimes, too much change, even good change, like leaving behind oppression in Egypt, or like God conquering death in Jesus Christ, can throw us off balance. It can be hard to let go of the past, no matter what that past is like.…

Sermon: Unwrap & Unfold- Unbound

"Unwrap & Unfold- Unbound" (May 14, 2017) An emerging butterfly-- or human child-- is strengthened by the process of breaking free. Much as we might wish we could save our children from hardship, and much as God might wish to save us, God's children, from hardship, the struggle is part of what strengthens us so…

Sermon: Stir- Wake me Up

"Stir- Wake me Up" (May 7, 2017) A brief reflection on a day when we celebrated camping Sunday still offers time to ask-- when and where and how to we begin to awaken to God's new thing? Are you falling asleep just as the story gets interesting, or are you beginning to awaken? (John 10:1-10; Matthew…

Sermon: Open – Into the Light

"Open- Into the Light" (April 30, 2017) What does it mean to open to God's transformation in our lives-- not to be open (a state of being), but to open (a verb)? As the disciples struggle to imagine what the death and resurrection of Jesus could mean, Jesus himself comes to journey with hem, opening…