Weekly Sermons

“The Way of the Satisfied Heart” 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/1017256748006437 If you have ever spent time around a two- or three-year-old child, you have witnessed one of the most fascinating stages of human development. As children grow, they work fiercely to distinguish

“Grace That Goes Before” 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/1538829997721072 Before we dive in, a bit of scholarship. This letter belongs to what’s called the Pastoral Epistles, and the majority of scholars have concluded Paul didn’t actually write it — we call

“Joy on Purpose” Esther 7:1-10, 9:1-2, 20-22, 29-32

Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/27391871200483206 Our reading this morning moves from Esther’s accusation of Haman in chapter 7 to the institution of Purim in chapter 9. Clean. Tidy. A villain exposed, a feast declared, joy commanded

“For Such a Time” Esther 4:1-17

Before we get to chapter four, we need a running start, because Esther doesn’t open quietly. There’s a king named Xerxes who throws himself a six-month party — drinking, mostly, capped by a week-long display

“Roots & Branches” Ruth 4:1-22

We've spent a few weeks now in Ruth's house — in Naomi's grief, in Bethlehem's barley fields, on that threshing floor at midnight that made some of you blush a little. And now we land

“The Foreigner Among You” Ruth 2:1-23

It is important as we continue to consider the life, the story of Naomi and Ruth that we recognize their vulnerability and the precariousness of their situation. A woman's value was connected to her husband

“Where You Go” Ruth 1:1-22 and Matthew 5:3-9

Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/816790054628725 and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6veE9rP5LU&t=3316s We are just starting in Ruth. The Narrative Lectionary is the order of scripture that begins with creation in the fall, a gospel in the winter, and in the summer

“All Flame” Acts 2:1-21 and Philippians 4:1-9

Service on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100064617886792/videos/1863754690971437 and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV0NeU88Rk8 Today we have often called the Birthday of the church. I hear there’s a cake and everything. It’s a celebration–with streamers and balloons. But the gathering of the we read

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