Sermon Transcripts

“Learning From and with Our God of Unconditional Love (Together, in a Variety of Ways)”

“Saying No to False Options for Love” – Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, Luke 4:14-21

Epiphany is the radical inbreaking of God’s love into human experience in the birth of Jesus. The baptism of Jesus is the radical inbreaking of God’s love into human experience in that Jesus represented every human being past, present, and future.

The radical inbreaking of God’s love into human experience continues ...

“Learning About Jesus is a Life-Long Journey” – Isaiah 60:1-6,  Matthew 2:1-12

2024 is over. 2025 has begun. We stand in a line of souls who loved, love, and will love, because of God’s unconditional love. I’m in the midst of reading Richard Rohr’s newest book, Eager to Love. I’m learning about Jesus and it’s a lifelong journey of discovering the depth of God’s love for me and others. Richard writes this about love, 

Francis and Clare (St. Francis and St. Clare) ...

“Worshipping Our God of Unconditional Love (Together, in a Variety of Ways)”

“Love Links Us To One Another and Others” – 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26, Luke 2:41-52

The Christ Candle is lit. The messiah of hope, peace, joy and love has entered the world. Humanity has been offered grace. The fourth century bishop of Hippo, Augustine, writes this about the significance of the birth of Jesus as God’s most tangible expression of grace, the grace available to humanity,

Our Lord came down from ...

Worshipping Our God of Unconditional Love (Together, in a Variety Ways)

“Love Wins” – Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-20

Peter Wehner, an opinion writer for The New York Times, writes this about Philip Yancey’s book, What’s So Amazing About Grace?  Wehner writes,

In his book What’s So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey describes a conference on comparative religions where experts from around the world debated which belief, if any, was unique to the Christian faith. C.S. Lewis happened to enter the room during the ...

“Worshipping Our God of Unconditional Love (Together, in a Variety of Ways)”

“God’s Self Is All We Need” – Zephaniah 3:14-20, Luke 3:7-18

The Hope, Peace and Joy candles are lit. Advent ties the preparation for the birth of Jesus, to the climax of redemptive history with the Second Coming of Jesus. This Third Sunday of Advent focuses on the Joy candle. My friend Dr. Steve Hayner defined joy this way, “Joy is not about my circumstances, but rather about being held ...