Sermons from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

"We are a family and we are defined by the magnificent, enormous, extravagant, and absurdly beautiful, powerful love of God that is in Jesus Christ. That is who we are."

Ephesians 3:14-21

"We may catch glimpses of Paul's prayer being answered in people around us. We may catch glimpses of it in our own lives in those moments when we can surrender our control and lean in and be awake and be open and just receive the spirit and share that spirit with others. Notice those moments. Savor those moments."

Ephesians 3:14-21

"God's work in Jesus tears down the walls that separate us... tears down hatred... tears down animosity, and builds up a body of people who are given to each other. But, if we're going to live into that we have to recognize the gift of the people all around us and how they are gifts to us."

Ephesians 2:11-22

"There's a certain comfort in knowing who WE are and who THEY are. We know who to be angry at and who to disagree with when we know who THEY are. Whoever THEY is, our call in Christ is to reject that thinking. To reject any of the behaviors that come out of that thinking. To reject the hatred and the venom that we spew at each other over differences of opinion."

Ephesians 2:11-22

"We're walking together in this leg of the journey. We're walking together and bearing witness to christ walking with us. We're walking together with our full heart and attention to walking in Christ's love."

Mark 6:1-13

"A lot of us though, we come here looking for Jesus forgetting that we brought Jesus with us. And, we look for deeds of power and we forget about the ways we've been transformed. We forget about the ways our families and communities have been transformed by Jesus."

Mark 6:1-13

And so it will be forgiven of me and you if we don't really get it. We'll continue to go through this life and we'll be afraid of all sorts of things - bobcats, and teenagers, and sickness, and death - and Jesus will say to us 'Don't fear, just believe.'"

Mark 5:21-43

"Sometimes when people are in their most weakened state they are most in tuned with Jesus's presence - they are most reliant on Jesus - not for the healing of their physical form, but of the longing to grow ever closer to Jesus. They absolutely believe in the promise of eternal life. It's that peace that passes all understanding. We don't want to be in that position, and yet the people that I've witnessed in that position have been living testimonies to God's presence."

Mark 5:21-43

"The birthplace of love is the recognition of Christ in another person. A recognition of God, the creator of all things and the maker of love itself, present in the people we see. And the next part of that is recognizing Christ alive and working in us. And, if Christ is in me, and Christ is in you, we're going to have to find a way to care about each other. Even when we disagree."

2 Corinthians 6:1-13

Mark 4:35-41

"Maybe if I read the bible and it says God did something, and I'm really uncomfortable with what God did, maybe the problem isn't with what God did but with the things that I'm comfortable with. Maybe if I read something that God did, and it doesn't make sense to me, maybe the problem isn't with God not making sense, maybe the problem is with what I allow to be sensible."

Mark 4:35-41