Father Aaron Damiani begins a new sermon series from the book of Acts called "God's Distinct People." In this sermon, Fr. Aaron explores how Jesus calls his church to simply receive the Holy Spirit - as we resist the temptation to build an empire or plan an escape from the present moment. In an age of anxiety, the Holy Spirit can fill God's people with the commissioning we need for the work God has called us to.

What is the church for? The church is for the life of the world. But she has not always lived up to this mission. In this message, Fr. Aaron Damiani explores the magnificent vision of God and his bride from Revelation 19:1-10.

To wonder is to give your soul permission to take delight in God to the point of overflow - even before all your problems are solved. In Psalm 34, we find King David feasting on the goodness of the Lord even though his life is in danger. From this Psalm, we can learn how to train our souls for wonder.

Insider knowledge creates and sustains an Inner Ring, with insiders and outsiders. Godly knowledge creates and sustains the body of Christ. In this message, Fr. Aaron explores the way Paul taught a new church plant in Corinth to stay unified despite the cultural differences that threatened to divide them.

Justice is not specialty work; it requires the whole church for the whole of our lives. How can we set about this work without falling prey to self-hatred or complacency? Father Aaron speaks to this question from Deuteronomy 10:12-21, in which he encourages us to seek the Father's heart for the vulnerable.

What is the larger story of our work? If we are in a tragedy or crisis, we will create value only for our own survival. But if the resurrection of Jesus is making all sad things come untrue, our work has value for the life of the world, no matter how insignificant it seems.

Is human love bound to be dysfunctional and co-depenent, or can it overflow for the life of the world? In this teaching from Genesis 1:26-28, Fr. Aaron explores the trinitarian roots of our relational nature. He encourages us to get our hands dirty in the work of love- whether in friendships, romance, celibacy, and the body of Christ.

In the first sermon from the sermon series For the Life of the World, Fr. Aaron asks the question: "how do we deal with the tension between our citizenship in God's kingdom and the broken state of man's kingdom?" Instead of domination, fortification or accommodation, God's call for us is to be exiles - neither at home nor in a panic.

Bishop Stewart Ruch of the Upper Midwest Diocese preaches on the true nature of revival: when the life and power of God overwhelms the power of sin in our lives. In this sermon he reminds us of the vision for the diocese: to be a revival of Word and Sacrament infused by the Holy Spirit.

Our life starts out as an adventure, which turn into commitments, which turn into responsibilities.

And like the boulder that Sisyphus rolls up the mountain, our responsibilities can be toilsome and frustrating.

If Jesus is resurrected, we are called to look beyond our lists to see where he is working to renew the world.