For my first Good Friday service serving here at Living Hope and Christ the King, I went with a similar message and service order to what I’d previously used in Greene, specifically in 2019 (the last pre-pandemic Good Friday). This
Maundy Thursday: Remembering, Responding, Reuniting | April 6, 2023
Tonight’s Maundy Thursday sermon is in three parts, focusing on remembering the story of God’s salvation of God’s people, hearing how Jesus calls us to respond in love, and being reunited as God’s people around Christ’s table. Today’s Scripture readings
Palm Sunday: Where Are You Headed? | April 2, 2023
It’s Palm Sunday! Today’s sermon focuses on the contrast between the kingdoms offered by Jesus and Pontius Pilate, asking whose parade we want to be a part of. Today’s Scripture readings are Philippians 2:5-11 and Matthew 21:1-11. This sermon is
Midweek Lent: Fasting as Repentance | March 22, 2023
For Lent this year, four area congregations are sharing worship together doing a series on Fasting, based on the book Feasting on the Word: Lenten Companion. This week’s topic is Fasting as Repentance and I preached at Grand Avenue United
Lent 4: Who Sinned? | March 19, 2023
This Sunday’s sermon wrestles with the question, “Who sinned?” and explores how God calls us to follow Jesus’ example of treating a man born blind not as an object lesson in punishment, but as a beloved child of God. When