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Santa Monica Nazarene Church

Apr 26, 2022

In this sermon we go back to those first Sunday nights when Jesus appeared to the disciples in the upper room. We consider what it means that Jesus is forming a community in that moment of scared and scarred people and that the gospel is made known when we show our wounds.


Apr 19, 2022

In this sermon we go back to the basics, back to those first moments of an empty tomb and Jesus appearing to some of the disciples, of how the resurrection changes everything, of what it means to recognize him in the breaking of bread and how every time we break bread we re-member him in our bodies and imitate him...


Apr 12, 2022

In this sermon we explore a dissonance that is at the heart of Christianity, the contrast between Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Jesus’ triumphal entry prepares us for the most illogical of things, God on a cross. In this we find peace and hope that wherever the rocks are crying out, God is there. 


Apr 6, 2022

In this sermon we consider the story of Mary anointing Jesus with perfume. We read it through the lens of a man Vedran Smajlović who played music for twenty two days in a row at the exact spot where a mortar shell killed as many people, one day for each person. We consider how things like music and Mary’s offering...