Jim Schatzman gives the third installment in our “Engaging with God for Change” series. Using the stories of Baalam, Paul and Annanias, Jim shows how hard God is working to speak to us and how we begin to prepare ourselves to listen.

Date: 1/27/2019

Scriptures:

Numbers 22:-21-39

Psalm 85:6-13

Acts 9:1-19

John 16:6-14

Becca gives the second installment in our “Engaging with God for Change” series. Using the story of Zaccheaus, we learn how God brings about change in very relational ways.

Date: 1/20/2019

Scriptures:

Jeremiah 31:3b-14

Psalm 126

Ephesians 3:14-21

Luke 19:1-10

Jesus doesn't just want us to make our heads OK. He wants to address our emotions, our relationships along with our circumstances and intellect. Fr. Eirik Olsen introduces the road we'll be walking in our Engaging with God for Change series.

Date: 1/13/2019

Scriptures:

Isaiah 42:1-9

Psalm 89:6b, 7, 13-29

Acts 10:34-38

Luke 24:13-36

How can God manifest himself to us? The magi teach us how to look for God in creation, the scriptures, in his Son and through the Spirit.

Date: 1/6/2019

Scriptures:

Surge, Illuminare Isaiah 60:1-3, 11a, 14c, 18-19

Ephesians 3:1-13

Matthew 2:1-12

The Sunday after Christmas is perfect for the reflection of what it means that "God is with us."

Date: 12/30/2018

Fr. Eirik's children's sermon starts off with a young man off by himself, and how God came to be with us so we wouldn't need to be lonely.

Date: 12/24/2018

Scriptures:

Isaiah 9:1-7

Luke 2:1-20

Mary's visit to Elizabeth moves from a celebration of loving our neighbor to loving God and results in a time of real community between Elizabeth and Mary that includes their unborn children.

Date: 12/23/2018

Scriptures:

Micah 5:2-5a

Psalm 80:1-7

Hebrews 10:1-10

Luke 1:39-56

Focusing on our Philippians passage, Dr. Paul Brown reminds us of how we were made to be people of peace (shalom) and how giving thanks to God is key to peace and joy.

Date: 12/16/2018

Scriptures:

Zephaniah 3:14-20

Psalm 85

Philippians 4:4-9

Luke 3:7-20

Following John the Baptist's example, Fr. Eiriks instructs us to withdraw from the world in order to receive from God and to be instructed by God's Word in order to be freed from the way the world shapes us.

Date: 12/9/2018

Scriptures:

Malachi 3:1-5

Psalm 126

1 Corinthians 4

Luke 3:1-6

Using a compelling pizza analogy, Fr. Eirik describes Advent as a place of longing not for what once was, but what is to come.

Date: 12/2/2018

Scriptures:

Zechariah 14:1-9

Psalm 50

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Luke 21:25-33