Salt House - Sermons

Pastor Sara invites us to consider the importance of servant leadership as we hear from two new council nominees, Macy and Linnea. Also, as we approach Memorial Day Weekend, we look toward the practice of sabbath as there will be no gathering at Salt House that Sunday.

The Jesus-story teaches us about our universal rhythm of Deaths & Resurrections: that we, as God's Beloveds, must always move toward those who are suffering.

Amanda Phillips, our Meals Team Leader invites us into how we understand hospitality, eating together, and the presence of God - especially with the stranger.

Guess what? Easter isn’t over. In fact: death and resurrection is the way of things, so we’re spending the next few weeks experiencing this on Sunday mornings. Today we engage with the story of "Doubting Thomas."

What's up with Easter? Why is it such a big deal? Is Jesus' resurrection miracle, myth, or both? Or maybe the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus points us to a deeper truth about our shared humanity and the goodness of God.

Our culture doesn’t know what to do with tears and the complexity of emotions that fuel them: most often anger, sadness, and disappointment. This Sunday we explore what we can do through the prayer practice of lament. Lament is an often neglected vocabulary in our lives that uniquely accesses and expresses the deep sighs and griefs of our lives and world. Join the experience Sunday, on our journey through Lent, together.

Our culture doesn’t know what to do with tears and the complexity of emotions that fuel them: most often anger, sadness, and disappointment. This Sunday we explore what we can do through the prayer practice of lament. Lament is an often neglected vocabulary in our lives that uniquely accesses and expresses the deep sighs and griefs of our lives and world. Join the experience Sunday, on our journey through Lent, together.

The thing about meditation is: You become more and more you. -David Lynch.

This Sunday’s Lenten prayer practice is meditation. Do you know the well-documented and widespread benefits of meditation? Whether meditation is new to you or a regular practice, join us Sunday as we make space to grow in awareness – and become more and more ourselves – through three forms of meditation.

When it comes to prayer, practicing prayer doesn’t make perfect but it does have the powerful potential to change the way we think, live, and love. We take time to explore and pray together by engaging with the practice of fasting. Fasting uniquely equips us and grows us through the process of emptying and ceasing.

How do we connect with God through the physicality of our bodies? Sunday, we explore this with special guest Karen Ullery, who will lead us into simple, grounding practices of prayer that involve our hands, our feet, our breath – practices we can do throughout our week to release stress and connect with our God who is with us, always.