We talk about the strange way that the Easter story is told in Mark, and how it maybe isn’t so strange after all. Sermon Scripture: Mark 16:1–8 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on…
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We consider Good Friday together and ask why it had to be this way – why the Cross? Sermon Scripture: Isaiah 52:13–53:12 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his…
We start our Holy Week series, the Heart, with Palm/Passion Sunday and the invitation to join Jesus this Holy Week as we consider what the “heart” of the Body of Christ is, the story of His suffering, death, and resurrection. Sermon Scripture: Mark 14 and 15
We end our “Wounded” series by talking about the wound of service/sacrifice and how we are given the opportunity and the position to serve others. Sermon Scripture: Mark 10:32–45 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.…
We talk about the “wound” of living counterculturally as Jesus’ Body in the world in this 3rd week of Lent and our Lenten series “Wounded”. Sermon Scripture: John 2:13–22 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep…
We continue our “Wounded” series with talking about the wound of being misunderstood by the world around us. Sermon Scripture: Mark 8:27–38 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told him, “John…
What is your biggest temptation? We talk about what our biggest temptation really is – and that is to see ourselves as alone, not as unified together with the Body of Christ. Sermon Scripture: Mark 1:9–15 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when…
It is Transfiguration Sunday, so we talk about what that experience is like for the disciples, and how every Sunday is a “little Transfiguration” for all of us. Sermon Scripture: Mark 9:2–10 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he…
We talk about how Jesus is constantly moving forward and how that should be something that the Church is always doing as well, being invited on Jesus’ forward movement. Sermon Scripture: Mark 1:29–39 And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill…
We celebrate the Baptism of little Eleanor Anne and talk about what we believe about God’s prophetic Word in Baptism. Sermon Scripture: Mark 1:21–28 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had…