Our Sunday Sermon this week focuses on Palm Sunday, the gateway to Holy Week, and as Pastor Mike will contend, is THE most important day of the Christian year. Find out why in today's sermon as we explore the incredible courage of Jesus in challenging the evils of his day - and how we can draw that same courage to tackle the issues in our own.

Today on Sunday Sermons with Pastor Mike we explore the power of community to be a source of hope in these hard times. According to author and teacher Margaret Wheatley: "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." We will delve into that kind of community today. We will also compare the eerily familiar times we find ourselves living through with that of the Prophet Amos, who spoke those beautiful words about letting 'justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.' And in the end we will search for hope... something we desperately need right now.

This week's episode of Sunday Sermons w/Pastor Mike is a theologically progressive examination of the question - given the current political and theological form of Christianity today - can I (can you) continue to call yourself a Christian? Christianity has always been an obviously historically constructed paradigm, flittered down to us today through centuries of interpretation and cultural nuances. No where is this more obvious than the Nicene Creed, that statement of absolute faith many of us grew up repeating weekly and often without any critical thinking. But does any of this work in this modern day and age? And given the "Christian" climate today, is that title something you still hold to? I give my answer today on Sunday Sermons.

Check out the sermon preached by Pastor Mike on Sunday, March 23rd, 2025 on the theme of The Journey. We all have them - in good times and not-so-good times as they ebb and flow and change throughout the seasons of our lives. Based on the scripture text from Luke of Jesus in the Wilderness, we will explore our own journeys and where we find ourselves in life right now. Are you on the mountaintop? Or are you in the wilderness? Or maybe a little bit of both... Explore the journey today with this Sunday Sermon.

These days are hard. if you are not the four-letter kind of person that starts with M and ends with A, well life feels really hard right now. A word I hear a lot from people is despair. But despair is intolerant of hope. Therefore we cannot despair, but must choose hope, joy and peace in our lives. Taking a cue from the Apostle Paul, this sermon calls us to recognize the realities of life, but to avoid falling into despair and instead striving to continue to build exactly the kind of world we want - one of inclusion, welcome, love, peace and joy.

This episode was preached on March 2nd - but has been re-recorded, along with several reflection questions added at the end. Enjoy and check back weekly for more Sunday Sermons with Pastor Mike.