Lent, that season before Easter, is known for abstaining and fasting. But it is more than that. It’s a learning lab with a deadline. Lent as a 40-Day Love ChallengeAsh Wednesday | Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Today is the first day of Lent. Like many Christians, all over the world, I got up and …
Sermons
A Word: A New World
The Transfiguration comes as a strange interlude. But its brevity reveals its true purpose is to reorient the disciples to their new journey. The transfiguration as a reimagined opportunityEpiphany Last A | Matthew 17:1-9 Before they went up the mountain, they were followers of …
A Word: In My Backyard
blessing and abundance in a stuck-together worldEpiphany 6A | Matthew 5:21-37 Sometimes I walk up here eager to tell you a story. Often it’s reminding you of the grand arc of the Gospel. Sometimes its poetry. Usually, though, I look for a hook. Something to pull you into the story so we …