Sermons on John
Cherish: Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger
Today Pastor Lori, Ken Brown, and Ron Jessee share updates on the Cal-Pac Annual Conference and reflections on this year’s theme, “Cherish.” What are concrete ways we can cherish those in our congregation and in the community around us?
What’s in a Name?
Today, Rev. Dan helps us explore the power of a name. What does it mean to “hallow” a name? Or to “profane” a name? Can a name describe not just a person but a relationship?
Where There Is Doubt, Faith
Drawing on the Prayer of Saint Francis and the story of the Apostle Thomas, Rev. Lesley Brogan reflects on the role of doubt in faith. Does a time of darkness and doubt open room for Jesus to meet us?
Knowing Our Hunger
Understanding our spiritual hunger can be a tricky thing. Does it lead us down paths of destruction or does it turn our hearts and spirits toward God and one another?
Start at the Very Beginning
What invitation does Jesus extend to Nicodemus and what must Nicodemus wrestle with as he seeks to enter more fully and deeply into relationship with God?
In the World
What does it mean to be “in” the world but not “of” it? How do we live deeply, fully, faithfully in this precious world AND remember that we belong to another world as well… the kin-dom that is still becoming? What does one have to do with the other?
Completing Joy
Join us as we examine the invitation to “abide in Christ’s love.” But for what purpose? To what end? JOY!
To Abide or Not To Abide…
Jesus asks us to abide, and Phillip’s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch gives us an example. What does it mean to abide in Christ and to allow Christ to abide in us? To what extent do we choose such abiding?
Wandering Heart…Here’s My Heart
In many ways, our scripture passage for this Sunday brings us full circle… back to fishermen by the seashore, doing what they do best: fishing. In this passage from John, the disciples encounter the risen Christ who prepares breakfast for them over an open fire.
Wandering Heart… Songs of Loudest Praise
On Palm Sunday, after everything the disciples had been through, after everything Peter knew (and still didn’t know) about Jesus, what must he have felt as he watched Jesus and heard the hopeful songs of the crowd?