Category: Sermons

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

  • The Inevitable Search for Eternal Life

    The Inevitable Search for Eternal Life

    In a story we assume is about wealth, Jesus reveals our misconceptions about life, grace, and the human project.

  • Jesus Keeps Teaching

    Jesus Keeps Teaching

    Jesus teaches about God’s dream for creation, even as those closest to him misunderstand. Even as we misunderstand.

  • Failing the Pop Quiz

    Failing the Pop Quiz

    “Get behind me, Satan!” is one of the most shocking phrases in the gospels. It is also one of the most revealing.

  • Jesus learns from his own experience

    Jesus learns from his own experience

    These two healing stories aren’t just about healing. They show Jesus expanding the circle of wholeness beyond his own expectations.

  • Not Me. Us.

    Not Me. Us.

    Jesus reorients us so we can see just how far we are from where we’re supposed to be headed. And that means changing focus.

  • Deserting Jesus

    Deserting Jesus

    It is easy to follow Jesus when we like what he offers us. Much harder when he challenges us to commit to a group project.

  • Because God is Love

    Because God is Love

    n the Bread of Life discourse in John 6, Jesus draws us into a challenging image with great practical and theological implications.

  • Beyond a loaf of bread

    Beyond a loaf of bread

    In calling himself the Bread of Life, Jesus gives us something odd to chew on. That the story isn’t about the man at the center of it.