Resurrection South Austin

Father Shawn McCain Tirres | November 30, 2025 - Advent 1

In a world designed to keep us anxious, distracted, and scrolling, Jesus calls us to "stay awake"—but what does that really mean when we're already exhausted? This Advent sermon explores the crucial difference between being kept awake by algorithms, fear, and endless demands versus choosing to stay awake for hope, love, and God's coming kingdom. Through the lens of baptism and Romans 13, discover how putting on Christ reorients our entire lives toward what truly matters, inviting us to lay down the exhausting work of self-preservation and take up the liberating work of love.

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Father Shawn McCain Tirres | November 23, 2025

The world's advice in tough times is always 'save yourself,' but Jesus did the opposite. On the cross, mocked and dying, he refused to save himself—and that's exactly how he became King. This sermon explores Christianity's most counterintuitive mystery: how a crucified God overthrows darkness not through power and self-preservation, but through forgiveness, solidarity, and sacrificial love. What would it look like to trust that Christ is king in the exact place where you're struggling right now?

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We are a community of believers in South Austin committed to growing in faith and sharing God's love.

Join us at www.rezaustin.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rezaustin/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1gUKwQSR6HbpEZljGxd4Ti?si=b9c871728fd442fc

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resurrection-south-austin/id1045744334

Father Ryan Boetcher | November 16, 2025

In a world that feels increasingly apocalyptic—filled with war, economic uncertainty, and political turmoil—Jesus offers a surprising perspective on bad news. Drawing from Luke 21, this farewell sermon explores how Jesus transforms our anxiety about the world's chaos into an opportunity to testify. Like the bur oak tree with its deep roots and thick bark that can withstand fire and drought, we're called to be communities that embody healing, joy, and worship even in difficult times. The bad news doesn't get the last word—you do, as you bear witness to the death and resurrection of Jesus in your everyday life.

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We are a community of believers in South Austin committed to growing in faith and sharing God's love.

Join us at www.rezaustin.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rezaustin/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1gUKwQSR6HbpEZljGxd4Ti?si=b9c871728fd442fc

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resurrection-south-austin/id1045744334

Father Shawn McCain Tirres | November 09, 2025

Using the relatable image of kids running toward the wrong goal at halftime, this sermon explores how our vision of the future shapes every decision we make today. Drawing from Jesus' encounter with the Sadducees in Luke, we discover that resurrection isn't just a distant hope—it's a present reality that reorients our compass when we feel lost, stressed, or uncertain. If you're wondering where your life is heading or need your direction reset, this message offers the weekly reminder we all need: your life is marked for resurrection, not death.

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We are a community of believers in South Austin committed to growing in faith and sharing God's love.

Join us at www.rezaustin.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rezaustin/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1gUKwQSR6HbpEZljGxd4Ti?si=b9c871728fd442fc

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resurrection-south-austin/id1045744334

Father Shawn McCain Tirres | November 2, 2025

On All Saints Day, Father Shawn explores how God's people find courage to act in troubled times, weaving together Halloween joy, community solidarity, and Jesus's radical Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6). When the church raised nearly $3,000 in two days for neighbors facing SNAP benefit cuts, it embodied the kind of "hope stubborn enough to outlast the headlines" that marks true sainthood.

Deacon Scott Madison | October 26, 2025

Deacon Scott unpacks the parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector with refreshing honesty, challenging us to see ourselves in both characters. Through a vulnerable personal story and the powerful reminder that "justice for the oppressed can feel like oppression for the oppressor," he reveals how most of us live in the "mushy middle" of God's grace—part holy, part complicit, but always beloved. Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Father Shawn McCain Tirres | October 19, 2025

When's the last time you truly wrestled with God—not with polite prayers, but with honest, frustrated demands? Drawing from Jacob's all-night wrestling match and Jesus's parable of the persistent widow, Fr. Shawn challenges us to embrace a faith that refuses to give up, that's unafraid to get our hands dirty with God. This sermon calls us beyond cynicism and into the kind of stubborn, enduring faith grounded in prayer, scripture, and community that God is actually looking for.

Father Shawn McCain Tirres | October 12, 2025

Father Shawn explores the story of ten lepers healed by Jesus (Luke 17) and what it means to live in "in-between places"—those tensions between health and unhealth, certainty and doubt, belonging and exclusion. He challenges us to see how Jesus consistently draws near to the doubly excluded and calls us to join him in that same work of radical welcome.

Father Shawn McCain Tirres | October 5, 2025

In a world that gives us countless reasons to ask "God, where are you?", Father Shawn explores the ancient question of theodicy and offers a refreshing alternative to cynicism: regrounding ourselves in the resurrection power of Christ. This isn't a pep talk—it's a reorientation to what real power looks like and a reminder that God holds us even when our faith falters.

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Father Ryan Boetcher | September 28, 2025

What does it mean to be truly wealthy? Drawing from the prophet Amos, Psalm 146, and Jesus's parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Father Ryan contrasts two visions of wealth: one that isolates us through accumulation, and God's "great economy" where wealth is measured by what we give away. Through stories ranging from "It's a Wonderful Life" to the Lakota people to St. Francis, this sermon challenges us to find "life that is really life."