Sermon Podcast
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The First Evangelist
A Special Easter Sunday look at Mary Magdalene, the first person to learn the good news that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead, and the first to be commissioned to tell it.
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Yeast
God is a woman, folding and kneading God’s kingdom yeast into the world.
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Who Told You?
What is the “knowledge of good and evil” in Genesis 2-3?
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Dustlings
There are scary people about, but they’re dust, formed by the hand of God, just like we are.
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Spirit and Power
When Paul arrived at Corinth, he didn’t come with “lofty words or wisdom,” but with “the Spirit and power.” What does that mean?
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Why’d You Do That?
When the child of the widow the prophet Elijah was staying with died, she assumed it was her fault, that Elijah’s arrival had pointed a divine spotlight on her, and God was punishing her for some sin she had committed. We consider this question in light of Jesus raising another woman’s son from the dead.
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One Good Deed
A widow is about to make a last meal for herself and her child when a hungry stranger approaches, asking to be fed first. Her decision to feed him saves her life and changes the shape of Judaism and Christianity.
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The Necessity of Joy
With everything that’s wrong in the world, Jesus’ first miracle should be a healing, or an exorcism, or calming a storm, or some kind of geopolitical resolution, right? …but it’s not. It’s water to wine. It’s joy.
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The Genetic Fallacy
It’s not as important where we came from, as how our beliefs about where we came from impact how we live our lives in love.
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Fear No Evil
Evil is never the end of the story. Love is the end of the story.