Category: Sermons

Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.

  • Seeing the Bigger Picture

    Seeing the Bigger Picture

    There is so much unsaid in the text. We’ll miss how powerful it is. And how much we already assume is just clearly there.

  • Willing To Be Amazed

    Willing To Be Amazed

    A recurring theme in the gospels is that people are astounded and amazed by Jesus. How many Christians actually are?

  • Called Beyond Tradition

    Called Beyond Tradition

    Being called to follow Jesus is an invitation to change. A process that naturally separates us from all that we called home.

  • Come and See

    Come and See

    In reading about the way Jesus calls his disciples, we have the chance to see what we are actually called to participate in.

  • More than wise men

    More than wise men

    In the Epiphany, we focus on the light to the exclusion of the dark, celebrating the fools and rather than the hope Christ brings.

  • Grace Upon Grace

    Grace Upon Grace

    At the heart of the Christmas season is God’s generosity. And our struggle to restrain it works against the very point of the holy day.

  • The Light Comes

    The Light Comes

    In the Feast of Stephen, we confront what light coming to break the darkness looks like in practice—when we face it in our midst.

  • Incarnate Grace

    Incarnate Grace

    John’s gospel invites us to see the scope of what we celebrate at Christmas: that an event changes how we see everything.