Now is the moment for a new commitment, a new accountability, an active, costly discipleship that will take things from us we do not want to give up.
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Sermon: Sunday, August 9, 2015: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
The world is filled with people giving it their all, aching at the margins, clinging to their privilege — people like you and me, and people so very different from us — and if we are going to be part of God’s healing and redemptive purpose we will have to give up so many illusions about God and about ourselves.
Sermon: Sunday, August 10, 2014: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Texts: Genesis 37:1-4,12-28 + Psalm 105:1-6,16-22,45b + Romans 10:5-15 + Matthew 14:22-33British comedian John Oliver has a new show on HBO that airs on Sunday nights called “Last Week Tonight.” Following in the style of John Stewart or Steven Colbert, Oliver doesn’t claim to be a newscaster, but his comedic take on the events of … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, August 10, 2014: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost