Sunday Sermons

Current Year

A Letter to President Obama 1/31/10

Offering Your Genius for the Common Good 1/17/10

Making a Place for the Everlasting Christ 12/24/09

Offering Ourselves, A Long-Term Vision 12/20/09

The Good News of Sufficiency 12/13/09

Faithful, Committed Love 11/8/09

Being Clear About What We Want 10/25/09

Serving a Master Who Serves 10/18/09

Looking for the Best in Others 10/4/09

Honoring and Serving Women and Children 9/20/09

Open to Transformation 9/6/09

Criticism Destroys, Love Builds 8/30/09

Bending with the Lord 7/12/09

Opportunities, Good and Bad 7/12/09

Faith and Wellness 6/28/09

Our reality vs. the reality of God 6/14/09

Sensing the holiness of God, and being sent 6/7/09

Taking the next faithful step 5/24/09

Love is not always warm and fuzzy 5/17/09

Moving from sheep to shepherds 5/3/09

Looking for signs of the Risen Lord 4/19/09

Does the Lord go ahead of us? 4/12/09

The we of Good Friday 4/10/09

Following Jesus involves dying 3/29/09

Angry, but about what? 3/15/09

The ups and downs of being a Christian 3/8/09

There is no real transformation without some dying 2/25/09

Are you ready for healthy responsibility? 2/21/09

Honesty, hope and healing 2/1/09

God intervenes, we decide 1/25/09

Generations - prejudices and gifts 1/18/09

The gift of role reversal 1/11/09




Archived Sermons
delivered prior to this year

The disguise Jesus wore 12/28/08

Holy moments with God 12/24/08

Questioning and open 12/21/08

Ambrose, advent, and repentance 12/7/08

Being awake and looking for God to show up 11/30/08

Taking full responsibility 11/16/08

Saints and being good stewards of our time 11/1/08

Stewardship begins with treasuring God above everything else 10/19/08

Emptying ourselves 9/28/08

From complaining to gratitude 9/21/08

Taking on conflict 9/14/08

Turning aside and losing yourself 8/31/08

Success in the Bible 8/24/08

Matter of the heart 8/17/08

God is liberal in love 7/13/08

Good enough for the work of God 6/15/08

Love is inconvenient 6/8/08

A summer of reading, a lifetime of practice 6/1/08

Trusting in the provision of God 5/25/08

How I experience God as Trinity 5/18/08

One in the Spirit 5/3/08

The testimony of one person to the presence and power of God 4/27/08

Not a map, but a way 4/20/08

Being present to the moment 4/6/08

Recognition, confession, and action 3/30/08

The resurrection of Jesus changes everything 3/23/08

God breaks through and does good 3/22/08

Suffering, sacrifice and redemption 3/21/08

Humbly riding with the King 3/16/08

New life begins now 3/9/08

How do you see? 3/2/08

From my savior to our savior 2/24/08

From caution and safety to risk and faithfulness 2/17/08

Satan, temptation, and God 2/10/08

Holy places and Revelation 2/3/08

Being a disciple of Christ - The Three Rs 1/27/08

Strength from the Fire 1/20/08

The most powerful voice in the world 1/13/08

Coming to the Light 1/6/08

Not alone and not fearful - God is with us 12/24/07

Ongoing discernment with God 12/23/07

Can we wait together? 12/16/07

Able to hear a challenging word 12/9/2/07

Be ready to be surprised by God 12/2/2/07

Seeing and building the Kingdom 11/25/07

A profoundly different perspective 11/18/07

God of the living 11/11/07

Saints are everyday people 11/4/07

God-focused honesty 10/28/07

Wrestling with God 10/21/07

How do we demonstrate our gratitude 10/14/07

The faith to pursue a vision 10/7/07

To whom are you indebted? 9/23/07

The cost of jumping to conclusions 9/16/07

Are we really going to follow Christ? 9/9/07

A mission of receiving and giving 9/2/07

The cairns of our lives 8/26/07

Losing and finding our way 8/19/07

Faith as action 8/12/07

What is it we want? 8/5/07

Thinking and ministering in pairs 7/8/07

Moving on to what's next in the journey 7/1/07

Putting on the clothing of Christ 6/24/07

Responding to God's Forgiveness 6/17/07

New life in God 6/10/07

Touched, Healed, Sent 6/3/07

Embracing the moment, embracing life, embracing God 5/20/07

Peace our deepest desire 5/13/07

Are we committed to loving each other? 5/6/07

Hearing the Shepherd's Voice 4/29/07

The known and the unknown 4/22/07

Kingdom Belief 4/15/07

A force for life 4/8/07

Can these bones live 4/7/07

Wanting a sign 4/5/07

Christ, the fool; a fool for Christ 4/1/07

Are you open to growing, or closed off? 3/25/07

Lost and found 3/18/07

Thrive or perish 3/11/07

Will I be saved? 3/4/07

Lent - The Double Journey 2/21/07

Growing in love 2/18/07

Have you found your source of being 2/11/07

Our authentic selves, our growing selves and grace 2/4/07

Who don't you hear? 1/28/07

A love affair with scripture 1/21/07

Grace, gifts, and community 1/14/07

All the way in 1/7/07

Receiving the gift 12/24/06

Responding to Messiah's coming 12/17/06

One season at a time 12/3/06

Living into the truth of who you are 11/26/06

Life is Thanksgiving 11/22/06

How do you react to suffering? 11/19/06

Is God in your perspective? 11/12/06

The greatest invitation ever sent 11/5/06

Lessons from a blind begger 10/29/06

Wealth and spirituality 10/15/06

On the benefits of community 10/8/06

What is holding you back from the Kingdom? 10/1/06

Ambitious for others 9/24/06

Investing 9/17/06

Being Open 9/10/06

From criticism to self-examination 9/3/06

Our commitments as Christians 8/27/06

What do you see? 8/20/06

The best kind of complaining 8/13/06

Getting away to be with God 8/6/06

Truth telling 7/30/06

The abundance of God 7/23/06

Seeking and speaking the life-giving Word from above 7/9/06

Will we be generous 7/2/06

Our ministry of reconciliation 6/25/06

The Spirit of Reconciliation 6/4/06

Being one 5/28/06

A Gospel of Love 5/21/06

Change is in the air 5/14/06

Laying down our lives 5/7/06

Why Jesus' resurrection matters 4/30/06

Real people acknowledge their woundedness 4/23/06

Rolling the stone away 4/16/06

Jesus' amazing love 4/14/06

Meditation-Here is your mother 4/14/06

Reflections on the last week of life 4/9/06

Troubled souls being faithful 4/2/06

Authority and Love 3/19/06

From Withholding to Surrendering 3/12/06

Open to the driving of the Holy Spirit 3/5/06

Coming out of the cave 2/26/06

Change, The Holy Spirit, poverty, and you 2/19/06

Julia's Valentine 2/12/06

Jesus and the leper 2/12/06

Healing and the Kingdom of God 2/5/06

Love Is the Main Thing 1/29/06

Jesus Is Calling; You Have a Call From God 1/22/06

Opening up to God, and spiritual maturity 1/15/06

Responding to beingGod's beloved 1/8/06

God-with-us moments 12/24/05

What does authentic faith look like? 12/18/05

Shining and Decreasing At The Same Time 12/11/05

In the wilderness of death, prepare the LordÕs way 12/4/05

How to live with not knowing 11/27/05

A doing faith 11/20/05

Joyfully Responsible 11/13/05

Stewardship of your place in community 11/6/05

Stewardship of others 10/30/05

Stewardship of money 10/16/05

Being a steward of good news 10/9/05

Whose vineyard is it? 10/2/05

When should you change your mind? 9/25/05

Feelings, forgiveness, and grace 9/11/05

Other's needs, our generosity 9/4/05

The individual and Christian community 8/28/05

Questions and answers 8/21/05

When Jesus' ministry went to the dogs 8/14/05

Getting out of the boat 8/7/05

Is there any hope? 7/31/05

The kingdom of God is like 7/24/05

Evil and the kingdom of God 7/17/05

The sower and the soil 7/10/05

Your burdens and Jesus' yoke 7/3/05

Leaving home and new life in Christ - 6/26/05

Marathon of Faith - 6/19/05

Approachability - God's and ours - 6/5/05

Are you building on rock or sand - 5/29/05

And it was very good - 5/22/05

Finding the perfect gift - 5/15/05

My time off - 5/8/05

Turning the world upside down - 4/24/05

The living, sacrificial gate - 4/17/05

More than we can explain - 4/10/05

Love the person in front of you - 4/3/05

Witness to the risen Lord - 3/27/05

Leaving fear and dispair behind - 3/26/05

Own way - 3/25/05

Remembering and doing - 3/24/05

Choosing sides - 3/20/05

People of hope - 3/13/05

Overrated appearences, how's your heart - 3/6/05

What kind of lens are you looking through - 2/27/05

What faithful actions look like - 2/20/05

The Temptation to Stop Growing - 2/13/05

Giving up something for Lent - 2/9/05

Putting God First - 2/6/05

Happiness - 1/30/05

The real solution to a polarized world - 1/23/05

Too focused to see the Messiah - 1/16/05

Baptism and being overwhelmed - 1/9/05

Hopes and challenges of Life - 1/2/05

God's grace and our exultation - 12/26/04

God is with us - 12/19/04

God's beyond our expectations - 12/12/04

Word of hope - 12/5/04

Now is the time - 11/28/04

Our gratitude, our giving - 11/24/04

Working with the King - 11/21/04

An opportunity to testify - 11/14/04

Who are the saints? - 11/7/04

I Am Who I Am - 10/24/04

Wrestling with God - 10/17/04

Being grateful and showing it - 10/10/04

Trust in the Lord - 10/3/04

Where do we place our trust - 9/19/04

Being Lost - 9/12/04

Putting God first - 9/5/04

A different kind of dinner party - 8/29/04

What Remains - 8/22/04

A Disciplined Community - 8/15/04

Living with Hope - 8/8/04

Asking and the One who gives - 7/25/04

Thoughts on hospitality - 7/18/04

Life's transitions - 6/27/04

Revealing our blind spots - 6/13/04

The Essence of God is in relationship - 6/6/04

Jesus' prayer for unity - 5/23/04

Not as the world gives - 5/16/04

Knowing you are loved - 5/9/04

Help from the risen Christ - 5/2/04

Recognizing the abundance - 4/25/04

Stepping up - 4/18/04

Why is this day different? - 4/11/04

A Test of Faith - 4/10/04

One Shining Moment - 4/9/04

A Night to remember - 4/8/04

Other names for Jesus - 4/6/04

The Lord Needs You - 4/4/04

The truth about our darkness - 3/28/04

Reflections from the older brother - 3/21/04

Seen any interesting bushes? - 3/14/04

Who will be saved? - 3/7/04

Loving as Jesus loved - 2/22/04

Bad news before the good news - 2/15/04

The stuff of faith - 2/8/04

Real and self-imposed limitations - 2/1/04

Claiming our place, offering gifts - 1/25/04

Our denial of the greatest news ever - 1/11/04

Staying on the path with God - 1/4/04

Is excessiveness sinful or not? - 12/24/03

Mary said Amen to God - 12/21/03

Repent and prepare the way of the Lord - 12/7/03

A different kind of King - 11/23/03

Loving God - Not holding back - 11/2/03

Coming into the Light - 10/26/03

The greatest promises ever made and kept - 10/5/03

Faithful Complaining - 9/28/03

Yield Signs - 9/21/03

The Messiah I want vs. the Messiah I need - 9/14/03

Homosexuality and the crux of the Gospel - 8/10/03

The challenge of forgiveness - 9/15/02

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