This year’s midweek series theme is “Holy Lament: God’s Presence in Times of Distress,” remembering that in our laments of grief, regret and mourning, Jesus Christ strengthens us in our weakness. We live in a world that is not only divided and at war, increasingly humanity lives without a sense of optimism and hope for […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Fifth Sunday in Lent
In today’s readings, God promises Jeremiah “a new covenant” in the future: a covenant that will allow all people to know God directly by the heart. The church sees this promise fulfilled in Christ, who draws all people to himself when he is lifted up on the cross. Our baptismal covenant draws us through Christ […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Fourth Lent Midweek Prayer
This year’s midweek series theme is “Holy Lament: God’s Presence in Times of Distress,” remembering that in our laments of grief, regret and mourning, Jesus Christ strengthens us in our weakness. We live in a world that is not only divided and at war, increasingly humanity lives without a sense of optimism and hope for […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Fourth Sunday in Lent
In today’s gospel, Jesus explains salvation to Nicodemus, saying that as Moses lifted the serpent in the wilderness, he will be lifted up onto the cross so that those who believe in him in will have eternal life. The sign of the cross we receive in baptism is God’s sign of love for this world. […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Third Lent Midweek Prayer
This year’s midweek series theme is “Holy Lament: God’s Presence in Times of Distress,” remembering that in our laments of grief, regret and mourning, Jesus Christ strengthens us in our weakness. We live in a world that is not only divided and at war, increasingly humanity lives without a sense of optimism and hope for […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Third Sunday in Lent
When Jesus drove the moneychangers from the Temple, he was honoring the first commandment, “You shall have no other gods before me.” Jesus was defending the worship of God alone, rejecting the profit-making idols that can become our gods. Paul also witnesses to the power of God in the cross of Jesus, which continues to […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Second Lent Midweek Prayer
This year’s midweek series theme is “Holy Lament: God’s Presence in Times of Distress,” remembering that in our laments of grief, regret and mourning, Jesus Christ strengthens us in our weakness. We live in a world that is not only divided and at war, increasingly humanity lives without a sense of optimism and hope for […]
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God promised to make Abraham and Sarah the ancestors of many, and Paul says this promise comes to all who share Abraham’s faith in God who brings life into being where there was no life. As Abraham and Sarah received new names as a sign of the covenant, we too receive new identities in baptism […]
View the Sermon (PDF)First Lent Midweek Prayer
This year’s midweek series theme is “Holy Lament: God’s Presence in Times of Distress,” remembering that in our laments of grief, regret and mourning, Jesus Christ strengthens us in our weakness. We live in a world that is not only divided and at war, increasingly humanity lives without a sense of optimism and hope for […]
View the Sermon (PDF)First Sunday in Lent
On Ash Wednesday the church, which is the body of Christ, began its forty day journey in the wilderness, led by the Holy Spirit and strengthened by baptism into the death and resurrection of Christ. Peter connects Christ’s suffering for all to our being saved through water, which was prefigured by Noah and his family […]
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