The approach of New Year’s is the perfect time to think about making some adjustments. The gospel calls us to repentance, but real and lasting change is truly difficult. Taking lessons from the story structures found in movies (and of course,  from...

Child bearing is a lesson in expecting the unexpected. Childbirth, and raising children, is full of surprises. This sermon uses the story of Jesus’ birth as a guide to help us explore the ways God shows up in unexpected ways.

Today’s sermon is drawn from the prophet Isaiah and his assurance that God would give joy to his people despite their circumstances. Pastor Daniel explores the power of a theology of joy by looking at the biblical narrative, the prophets’ cries for...

Our culture is all about progress, going forward growing stronger, getting bigger. We place little value on returning, or repenting. Yet, the opening words of Mark’s gospel describe a prophet who calls Israel to return to the place of their past, so...

Trials and tribulations are never fun, and we don’t always know when to expect them.

Renovatus Welcomes Its New Pastor

American Christians are always being enticed by the consumeristic ideals of our society. But Christians aren’t called by God to be consumers of religion. In this sermon, Pastor Daniel looks at one of Jesus’ parables, and its call to the church to be...

We all live with deep fears about what lies in our future, and what happens when people and things we expected to go into that future with us aren’t around anymore. In today’s sermon, Pastor Daniel explores Jesus’ and Paul’s words to those who find...

We all know a hypocrite or two, and we’ve all been a hypocrite at some point in our lives. In this sermon, Pastor Daniel looks at Jesus’ rebuke of religious people who are in it for themselves, and Jesus’ call to the church to be a community of servants.

Forming community is always messy business; especially when religious sensibilities get in the way. In this message, Pastor Daniel looks at how the religious elite of Jesus’ time challenged Jesus’ prophetic vision for a new community of imperfect...