Sermon: A Dim Light Not Quinched

Isaiah 42:1-9; Matthew 3:13-17 The Baptism of the Lord SundayWatch or listen to this service here. (Loading soon) Isaiah's reading takes place in a heavenly court - the wronged party is the Judah kingdom. From Abraham to Moses to now these people have been following God. They built cities, and a temple dedicated to God. …

Do Not Fear the Grief

Scripture: Isaiah 65: 17-25 and Luke 21:5-19 Listen to this service here A pastor once shared with me that she didn't want to start crying and feeling her grief because she felt like she would drown under the grief. She'd never come back. So she bottled it up, more and more shoved into her heart, …

Father’s Day / Finding Strength in Change

What we experience, what we fear, what keeps us up at night... God knows. And cares about.

Overwhelmed!

Job 38:1-11  Mark 4:35-41 Overwhelmed. Just... overwhelmed. A country falls when its people are divided against themselves. When we become numb to atrocities. When we tune out, look away, and protect only our own. When we become overwhelmed. I'm feeling overwhelmed. Puerto Rico continues to have no power. People continue to die there. Mining is …

Why Rejoice?

Isaiah 25:1-9 Philippians 4:1-9 Why rejoice? How can we rejoice at a time like this? Is it right? Think of this year. What a year. A terrible year of tragedies, and world disasters. A year of record breaking fires, earthquakes, and hurricanes. A year of genocide, and threats of nuclear war, and civil war. A …