The sermon explores the healing of blind Bartimaeus and asks the question, “Do we really want to see/know?” The sermon ends with a few minutes on the Doctrine of Discovery with the same question in mind. Sermon by Ken Harnly

As the body of Christ we know that the Holy Spirit enables everyone to participate in the work of God’s kingdom, so we need to value what we can do, honor what others do, and cooperate with everyone. Our life together gives witness to the good design of God’s plan. Sermon by Gina Burkhart

For God nothing is impossible. Which means that no one is beyond God’s saving hand, no one is outside the reach of God’s power and will to seek and to save the lost, whether they are Bible-believing commandment keeping saints, or wandering and wondering sinners, or, like most of us, both at the same time. […]

The commandment to love calls us into the agonizing space in which we have no choice but to listen and discern, and not only to our own voices but to the voices of others and together for the voice of the Holy Spirit. Sermon by Ron Adams

Imagine what it would be like if our ancestors in the faith were perfect. We’d never measure up. We might even fall into despair and give it all up as hopeless. Instead, we have these guys with their mistakes and their bad faith and their astonishing and endless capacity for missing the point. Sermon by […]

Jesus’ call to “follow me” is demanding, often involving tough choices, struggle, suffering and perhaps death. It is a call and commitment to love others as Jesus loves. Sermon by Mary Grace Shenk

For James, how we speak to and about God ought to match how we speak to and about one another. It’s the natural outgrowth of observing the two commandments that Jesus said summarized the law and the prophets, to love God with everything we’ve got and to love our neighbors (and enemies) as we love […]

In Mark 7 we learn from Jesus, observing the ways that existing boundaries are stretched and how ministry and healing is shared. Jesus opens the way for us to connect our faith and our actions. Sermon by Gina Burkhart

In the end, I believe our calling is as clear as the light of Christ. It is to receive and welcome all who come our way. Even those with dirty hands. Sermon by Ron Adams

Faith the size of a mustard seed is enough. Not because it only takes a little faith to follow after Jesus. But because the God in whom that faith resides is with us and in us. Sermon by Ron Adams