Ronnie McBrayer

With this deeply personal talk, Ronnie addresses our expectations, and how life never quite goes the way we planned. The Bible story is that of Naaman, and how his healing was far different than he expected.

With a Scripture reading from Galatians regarding our Oneness in Christ, Ronnie speaks on the holy ambition of The Beloved Community.

For Trinity Sunday, Ronnie turns to Psalm 8, the inspiration for the hymn, "How Great Thou Art," and reminds us that there are words about God, and then there is God. God is beyond all description.

With a creative look at Simon Peter's encounter on a Joppa rooftop, Ronnie offers the same challenge Peter was given: To change our minds about what we believe about others and about God.

With a unique look at the story of Tabitha being raised from the dead by St. Peter (Acts 9), Ronnie talks about the importance of "choosing life" as a form of resisting the soul-crushing culture around us.

Borrow a phrase from Frederick Buchner for the title, "Ants in the Pants of Faith" is Ronnie's take on "Doubting Thomas." Rather than driving God away, doubt can be the catalyst to bring Christ to us.

Taking an excerpt from the Old Testament book of Job on St. Patrick's Day, and using the prayer of Thomas Merton, Ronnie addresses the confusion that is bound to come when we try to decipher which way to go with our lives. 

In the final talk of the series, Ronnie uses the last words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew to remind us, that when it comes to faith, doubt is as essential as conviction. 

In part 7 of Ronnie's current series of Sunday talks, he speaks about being a nobody - the freedom and satisfaction of being an unknown. Using a minor event from Jesus' last week, he shows how those history may not remember can be a part of something much greater than themselves.

In Part 6 of Ronnie's series of talks on the life of Jesus, we follow Jesus to the Temple where is cleanses it of the money-changers. It was Jesus' effort, to quote Father Richard Rohr, "To keep people free for God, and to keep God free for people."