June 2016 Blog Posts (4)

An observation I appreciate very much is that every system is perfectly suited to achieve the results it's already getting. If we want different results, we have to change the system. Today's sermon is about the system Jesus is calling us to live into, versus the tumultuous, violent system that we call "normal." Listen to it here.

[THE AUDIO LINK HAS BEEN FIXED (again).]  You have to hand it to the Gerasenes: they knew what they wanted. They wanted things to stay the same, and asked Jesus to leave them alone. Jesus gave them what they wanted. The week after the massacre in Orlando, are we the Gerasenes? It looks like it. All the yelling about who is at fault, who is more wrong, the ugly rhetoric and polarization, all says the same thing: we like things the way they are, Jesus. So take your message of healing and your…

Sin and salvation - matters much on our minds this week. Deacon Cindy did not know of the horror in Orlando when she prepared and delivered this sermon, yet her message rings true. Read her sermon here: Jesus' Forgiveness and Salvation

What it mean to be saved by God? God does not save us only FROM evil and wickedness, but FOR love and service. Listen to the sermon.