Today’s message is a little different than normal. Rather than sharing a full sermon on a few verses of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, I offered a brief introduction, then the full text of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount from
On this annual meeting Sunday, we hear Paul make a passionate plea for the church to be united in Christ, knit together in the same mind and the same purpose. Yes, church annual meetings are bureaucratic procedures, but on another
As both Christ the King and Living Hope prepare to hold annual congregational meetings next Sunday, today’s reading from Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth offers encouragement and a powerful reminder that we’re not doing this on our
For us as Christians, baptism is a means of grace, a gift from God offering forgiveness of sin and a welcome into God’s family. But if baptism is for forgiveness, why does Jesus need it? Today’s sermon for Baptism of
Epiphany reminds us that God’s light shines in the whole world. Reflecting on the Magi, King Herod, and the weekend’s news of US intervention in Venezuela, this week’s sermon aims to remind us that there is no “them” in God’s