Sep 25, 2019
In this sermon, we talk about the story of Ricky Jackson, that one time at the 110/101 interchange, one of my favorite stories in the bible, becoming like children, a Tarkovsky film, and what it means to pray and not lose heart.
Sep 18, 2019
In this sermon we talk about grace. We begin with this moment when the scribes and the Pharisees grumble at Jesus for eating with tax collectors and sinners, so he tells them three parables. The irony of their grumbling is that they think they’re any different. God’s people have always relied on God’s grace...
Sep 11, 2019
In this sermon we begin with the brutal honest of Jesus’ words to hate your family, your self, and to give up your possessions. Yikes. We go into the mind of first century Judaism to see that this doesn’t mean what it sounds like, thank God. We see that it had to do with where they found their identity as God’s...
Sep 4, 2019
In this sermon we focus on v11 about how those who lift themselves up will be brought low, and those who make themselves low will be lifted up. We begin by considering this verse in light of the self-care industry. We consider how many have an averse reaction to self-care because of the impossible expectations we end up...