The one about a trajectory of mercy: how this passage, Matthew 15:10-28, fits into a larger trajectory. Jesus can seem a bit harsh in this passage, but seeing it as part of a larger arc in the biblical narrative gives important perspective.

The one about God in the storms and good words for us and how that forms a loop. From Matthew 14:22-33, Jesus walking on the water.

This is a great sermon - the one about names, wrestling, limping, and holding on. Guest preacher Taryn Eudaly teaches from Genesis 32:22-31 - the story of Jacob (who is renamed Israel) wrestling with God.

The one about a bunch of parables - they help us asking the question, "Where is God?" when God seems hidden? Pastor Mary Beth preaches this sermon from a series of parables from Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52. In this excellent sermon she helps us realize that "Bad news seems too be the dominating voice round us, but bad news does not render the Good News meaningless."

The one about Jesus' addressing the question, "If Jesus is the Messiah, why is the world still so messed up?" This sermon comes from the parable of "The Wheat and the Weeds" in Matthew 13.

This sermon, from Matthew 11, is intended to help us through hard times.

Pastor Matt talks about story, hospitality, mission and liberation in this sermon, preached June 28, 2020, from Matthew 10:40-42.

Pastor Mary Beth preaches a wonderful sermon about a bad father and how God's grace is the real story. The was an accidental Father's Day sermon - the Lectionary text just happened to give us this passage from Genesis (21:8-21) about Abraham rejecting Hagar and Ishmael.

This one, from the passage of Jesus sending out the 12, calls for us to reimagine what demons are and where we might find them.

This one is a series of thoughts about a passage called The Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20). Pastor Matt talks about (against) individualism, the enormity of God's redemption, and the idea of being a with-ness (rather than a witness).