Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Patricia Cuyatti on the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 1 August 2021.

Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Nyambura Njoroge on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, 25 July 2021.

Sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Dirk Lange on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 18 July 2021.

A sermon by Rev. Terry MacArthur on Mark 6:1-13, preached on 4 July 2021.

There are storms along the way as we grow into the people Jesus calls us to be. The good news is that he's with us in the boat.

It’s not anxious work, but it matters that the sower does it; it matters that she scatters the seeds, because she’s part of the ecosystem bringing about new life and growth.

Jesus stands with the crowds--with the sinners and the sick and the hurting and the left behind. And in the end, the story asks us the same question: where will we stand? Where will you stand?

This is what life in God feels like: opening your eyes and seeing you’re not alone but are in fact surrounded by a loving family.

Don’t spend your time looking up there for Jesus, imagining he’s off somewhere else, the angel says to the stunned disciples and to us. The ascension means that he is, in fact, present and active in you, and in the people around you.

We’re learning a new way to live, because that’s what Jesus showed us--because that’s what friendship looks like.