King Ahaz of Judah is promised a living sign from God of his kingdom's deliverance - but chooses to keep his eyes closed to God's power unfolding. Do we do the same? (Preached by The Rev. David Sibley)

John, from prison, asks Jesus - "Are you the one who is to come? Or are we to wait for another?" His questions echoes the desires and longings of the hearts of many disciples who find ourselves in "in-between" time - between the kingdom of God revealed at Jesus' first advent, and awaiting God's restoration of all things at Jesus' second advent. (Preached by The Rev. David Sibley)

Matthew tells us that people travelled for hours from Jerusalem, all Judea and all along the Jordan River to hear John the Baptist in the wilderness; yet few today would find a message of coming judgment and a call to repentance. Why is John's proclamation good news? In Advent, how do we embrace God's judgment, accept God's call to repentance, and live in God's grace? (Preached by The Rev. David Sibley)

In Matthew 24, Jesus speaks in apocalyptic terms about the advent of the Kingdom of Heaven. Yet when we look at the Advent of God's Kingdom, we find both anger and hope. And we find that in the history, mystery, and majesty of Advent is always good news for God's people. (Preached by The Rev. David Sibley)

On the Last Sunday after Pentecost, our prayers and readings name Jesus Christ as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. But if we would call Jesus king, that means that nothing else - family, friends, neighbors, countries, rulers, wealth - can occupy that place in our lives. (Preached by The Rev. David Sibley)

Apocalyptic scriptures are strange, terrifying, and often we wonder how they're good news. Yet, even when Jesus' message in our gospel isn't the "nice" message we'd want, Jesus' message of a world turned upside down is always good news for the people of God. (Preached by The Rev. David Sibley)

At the core of Paul's letter to the Thessalonians is fear - fear they have missed the coming of God's Kingdom, and fear that what they have done is not enough. We often carry that own fear to our call to be generous disciples, and followers of Jesus. So what are we to do? (Preached by The Rev. David Sibley)

On All Saints' Day, we celebrate the saints, both known and unknown, who gladly and generously point to the same truth that Jesus proclaimed in his ministry: "the Kingdom of God is at hand." If we are to grow as disciples, we must strive to be saints - mirroring not only their devotion, but also their generosity. (Preached by The Rev. David Sibley; Sermon series inspired from A Preacher's Guide to Lectionary Sermon Series, Westminster John Knox Press.)

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector is about far more than judging others - in fact, it may be about what happens when trust God to use our gifts to create spaces where others can grow.(Preached by The Rev. David Sibley; Short Stories by Jesus is by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, HarperOne; Sermon series inspired from A Preacher's Guide to Lectionary Sermon Series, Westminster John Knox Press.)

In the sixth sermon of a series on the practices and actions of discipleship, we examine how Jeremiah's letter to the exiles in Babylon shows us much of how we live as disciples in a world often removed from the goodness of God's Kingdom - as strangers in a strange land. (Preached by The Rev. David Sibley; Sermon series inspired from A Preacher's Guide to Lectionary Sermon Series, Westminster John Knox Press.)