Church of the Resurrection West Sermons

In today's sermon, Pastor Adam shares the story of how (and why) Jeff Hanson began painting, a talent he's now used to be able to give millions of dollars to charities and missions in his community. Jeff Hanson's generosity ought to inspire us to be uncommonly generous, too.

Even when our gifts feel small or inconsequential, God has a way of turning our generosity into abundance. In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam discusses the boy whose fish and loaves fed 5,000 people – and he also finds a parallel story in our own community, where two boys have started a generosity movement.

The act of generosity can help us rediscover happiness and joy. In this sermon, Pastor Adam Hamilton shares stories about people in our community who have demonstrated uncommon generosity – and about the impact that generosity has had in their lives.

This week is election week in the United States, and there is an intense polarization between the people in our two main political parties. How can we see past our parties and remember the humanity of those who believe differently than we do? In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam Hamilton shares with us some stories and some tips on how to do just that.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells a parable about separating the "sheep" from the "goats" on the day of judgment. What does it mean to be a sheep or a goat? Pastor Adam challenges us to look at the work we do in the world and consider our place in the kingdom of God.

In this sermon, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry of The Episcopal Church teaches us that love is the way to the kingdom of God.

As Christians, how should we interact with people of other faith traditions? In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam Hamilton asks us to look for places of agreement even as we have gracious disagreements about our beliefs.

As we begin our 30th anniversary celebration, we are launching a campaign – not a campaign for a politician, but for kindness. We are challenging our community to participate in 30 acts of kindness over the next 30 days as a part of a push to #LoveYourNeighbor.

In this sermon, Pastor Adam considers what we can learn from the inspirational story of Anna Sarol to find joy in the midst of adversity.

In this sermon, Pastor Adam considers how we can find joy by remembering that God works through our pain to bring goodness.