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Santa Monica Nazarene Church

Apr 28, 2021

In this sermon was talk about what many have been feeling in this pandemic season, which is isolation and loneliness. We talk about loneliness as having to do with human connection in various ways, but also in our having a sense of our own worthiness to love and be loved. We find hope and good news in this image of...


Apr 20, 2021

In this sermon we consider why the bodily resurrection of Jesus matters so much. With the deaths of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo in mind, as well ongoing mass shootings in American culture, we consider what it means to be drawn into a new kind of future with bodies being made fit for the new creation. 


Apr 13, 2021

In this sermon, we read the story of Thomas through the lens of grief. We consider that part of what it means to be sent as Jesus was sent is to show up in solidarity with others, showing our wounds and saying that we get it. In this kind of vulnerability, the final word becomes possible. Peace.

 

 


Apr 6, 2021

In this sermon we look at the cliffhanger ending of Mark’s gospel considering the tension between past and future, the empty tomb and the promise that Jesus will meet them in Galilee, and what means for us to walk out of our own tombs into a future made possible because of Jesus’ resurrection. And this with a...