Sermon Series: Universal Christ Sermon Name: An Incarnation Story – Where Love Is, God Is Scripture: Luke 6:29-31,  Today I would like to share a story that my grandmother loved to tell this time of year. It is a short story by Leo Tolstoy from 1885 entitled “Where Love Is, God Is”. Once again we […]

Sermon Series: Universal Christ Sermon Name: Adam the Beloved Part 2 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 Once again this week we are exploring incarnation through the lens of Henri Nouwen’s book Adam: The Beloved. It is a short but amazing book about a young man who could not speak, had epilepsy, and due to some unfortunate events […]

Sermon Title: Adam: The Beloved – Part 1 This week we continue our Advent Series which focuses on incarnation (en-flesh-ment, embodiment, God putting on skin, God becoming flesh). This week and next week we are using Henri Nouwen’s book Adam: The Beloved as our jumping off point. It is a short but amazing book about […]

Seeing God Face To Face    This Sunday is the beginning of the season of Advent when we prepare ourselves for the arrival of the baby – God in the flesh – named Jesus. We have been through Advent and through preparing for Christmas many times in our lives; and if we are too distracted, […]

Striving for Perfect Community – at least doing our best This week is the final sermon in the sermon series on Healthy, Intimate,Covenant Community, but it is not the end of road. It is not enough to say we want Healthy, Intimate, Covenant Community; we actually have to do those things that make it happen. […]