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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