Salt House - Sermons

499 years ago, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on a church door. It was an invitation to a conversation, an intentional way of asking questions that would lead to change. What are the conversations we need to have in the church today?

In her brave TED talk (March 2015) Monica Lewinsky says, "[in 1998] I was Patient Zero of losing a personal reputation on a global scale almost instantaneously." Today, the kind of online public shaming she went through has become constant - and can turn deadly. Sunday at Salt House, we'll take a look at the online culture of humiliation through the lens of the gospel - and examine the responsibility we have to change that culture.

In her brave TED talk (March 2015) Monica Lewinsky says, "[in 1998] I was Patient Zero of losing a personal reputation on a global scale almost instantaneously." Today, the kind of online public shaming she went through has become constant - and can turn deadly. Sunday at Salt House, we'll take a look at the online culture of humiliation through the lens of the gospel - and examine the responsibility we have to change that culture.

Christians are often known not for what they are for, but for what they are against. We see this in the current election cycle as lines are drawn once again around what each candidate is for and against. And yet: Jesus's message, the gospel, is a message that is decisively for - for love, for justice, for forgiveness, for grace, for change. How did the greatest message of all time get so misconstrued? And what can we do about it?

Christians are often known not for what they are for, but for what they are against. We see this in the current election cycle as lines are drawn once again around what each candidate is for and against. And yet: Jesus's message, the gospel, is a message that is decisively for - for love, for justice, for forgiveness, for grace, for change. How did the greatest message of all time get so misconstrued? And what can we do about it?

Kara Haug is the creator of Grace Unbound, (a ministry of sexuality education rooted in the Spirit), leads us into how our intimate God restores us everyday through our bodies, through communion, through relationship.

Kara Haug is the creator of Grace Unbound, (a ministry of sexuality education rooted in the Spirit), leads us into how our intimate God restores us everyday through our bodies, through communion, through relationship.

The Family of God! We are all part of it. May we sink more deeply into God's love and acceptance of us so that we may live with radical love and acceptance for all.

The Family of God! We are all part of it. May we sink more deeply into God's love and acceptance of us so that we may live with radical love and acceptance for all.

Privilege. Power. These words dominate the conversation in our current global conversation as we reel in response to discrimination based on race, gender identity, and more - most recently in this week's horrific treatment of Terrence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott. Join this vital conversation as we lean into the Jesus-patterned response, how to identify and leverage our privilege for the sake of the oppressed.