Salt House - Sermons

The wild and wonder-full Spirit of Jesus keeps pushing us through new thresholds in our lives, thresholds that grow us past our safe and small versions of ourselves, thresholds that grow us into the ever-expanding family of God that cannot bear exclude anyone. This can only mean one thing - THIS SUNDAY IS PENTECOST!!! And for an amazing bonus, we'll be having BAPTISMS. Could this get any better?

One year ago, we committed to our Leap of Heart Campaign (Matthew 6:21) to expand the ministry and impact of Salt House in four key ways. This Sunday, come hear - and celebrate - an update on all God has done in us and our world through our Leap of Heart! And then hang on! As Pastor Sara casts a vision for where God is leading us to grow and expand our hearts into the next year to come. You don't want to miss it!

The weirdness continues this week as we encounter the risen Christ on the beach (John 21:1-14). What do you do with a miracle when life is still hard? Resurrection seems like good news, but we also have jobs to do and mouths to feed. Intern Pastor Zach will preach his last sermon as our intern, and explore what this resurrection encounter has to say about the risk of recognizing Jesus.

The weird and wonderful experiences of Jesus's post-resurrection stories continue this Sunday as we welcome to the Salt House microphone Pastor Chris Ode from Living Stones Prison Congregation.

Jesus appears on the Road to Emmaus after his resurrection. That's weird.

Well, that was weird! Jesus has been resurrected and...well, now what? And this story gets even weirder as the disciples grapple with the reality of the resurrection and what it means - just like us.

We know this Easter story well, and yet, for this moment in which we live, how do we make sense of the suffering in our lives and our world? There is hope and joy to be received here, especially now! Invite a friend to join us online or in person and we will see you in the shadows of Friday night and in the glorious light of Resurrection Sunday!

In the week ahead, Jesus will put our origin story of Original Blessing to the test, and into action as he makes his way to the cross and the empty tomb beyond it. It begins with Palm Sunday as we join the crowds in Jerusalem by waving our own palm branches and daring to hope in this Jesus, as we hear a sermon from ELCA Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee.

This Sunday, in our journey through the theme of Blessing & Curse, we'll see how the story of God's people unfolds after Eve and Adam leave the Garden - tracing it all the way to Jesus' life and ministry! What do God's people do with the blessing God has given them? How do we see this echo into our lives today (or not!)? Don't miss this vital piece in our Lenten conversation leading us to Jesus' cross and resurrection, as we're together reclaiming our Original Blessing.

This Sunday we hear a Salt House Story from one of our own community members. One of our core practices at Salt House is valuing one another's stories. Join us as we hear Peder's story of chasing blessing.