Vessel Houston

In an age where cynical charlatans perform certainty in the name of power and control, the true resurrection life travels directly through the honest, humble, faithful experience of doubt. Join us in exploring this illuminating encounter with fresh eyes. (sermon begins at 01:00)

Scripture & Quotations

John 20:19-31

Seeing resurrection can be a complicated thing amid the ceaseless crises gripping our human family. But as we return in the dark of the morning with Mary to the tomb, we remember the enduring hope who emerged from that hopeless place, and the story still being written. It’s not a war story, and it’s not a horror story. It’s a love story. (sermon begins at 01:00)

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John 20

With Easter on the near horizon, we reflect together on another resurrection story as prelude. Divine Love is calling us ALL back to life; not merely for our own sake, but for the unbinding of one another. Also, why does Pastor Mike have a mustache? (sermon begins at 01:00)

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John 11

We follow Jesus to a well on the “wrong” side of town, where radical, boundary-shattering love and the promise of living water upend our ever notion of “us” and “them.” A story we need now more than ever. (sermon begins at 01:00)

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John 4:3-42

“Can these bones live?” The season of Lent isn’t about self-improvement, but communal life renewal. We follow the prophet Ezekiel into a desolate valley, which becomes the unlikely, fertile soil of resurrection. (sermon begins at 01:00)

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Ezekiel 37

God simply keeps reaching down into the dirt of humanity and resurrecting us from the graves we dig for ourselves through violence, our lies, our selfishness, our arrogance, and our addictions, and God keeps loving us back to life over and over again

-Nadia Bolz-Weber

Responding to the vaguest of invitations, four men become the first to follow Jesus. As we witness them suddenly depart from their families and livelihoods, we consider the “follow me” which that same Divine Love whispers into our lives today. Even now, he stands upon the shoreline… (sermon begins at 01:00)

Scripture & Quotations

Matthew 4:17-22

The long-awaited Messiah descends into the waters of the Jordan, God declares that belovedness precedes fruitfulness, and hope cascades outward as a ripple over all the nations. (sermon begins at 01:00)

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Matthew 3:13-17

Acts 10:34-48

As this sacred season nears its culmination, we explore the compassion, trust, and faithful action of Joseph. From his unique perspective in the manger scene, we discover how God meets us in the midst of the stories we didn’t ask for. (sermon begins at 01:00)

Scripture & Quotations

Matthew 1:18-25

“The heart of this story is about a just man who wakes up one day to find his life wrecked: his wife pregnant, his trust betrayed, his name ruined, his future revoked. It is about a righteous man who surveys a mess he has had absolutely nothing to do with and decides to believe that God is present in it.”

Barbara Brown Taylor

A pair of prophetic voices; one, a pregnant teenager on the margins. The season dares us to re-imagine holy gentleness in a world structured around disordered notions of power and strength. (sermon begins at 01:00)

Scripture & Quotations

Isaiah 11:1-10

Luke 1:39-56

Our entry into Advent marks the beginning of a new year in the Church. But before we step once more into the journey of anticipating Jesus’ arrival, we recognize the “end”… or rather, the One who makes a new beginning from every ending. (sermon begins at 01:00)

Scripture & Quotations

Luke 23:33-43

Luke 4:9-11

John 12:24