Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 14th, 2015
The Story of God: Hope Romans 5:1-11, NRSV Reflections Hope: an encounter that captivates our imagination so we can’t help but become more than who we thought we were, and find ourselves living for something that is all at once preposterous and impossible. — Cheryl Lawri We all want a God who would be with […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 14th, 2015
The Story of God: The Faithful One Romans 1:1-17, NRSV Reflections The resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate sign that our salvation comes only when we cease trying to interpret Jesus’ story in the light of our history, and instead we interpret ourselves in the light of his. — Stanley HauerwasThe Peaceable Kingdom Gospel is […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 14th, 2015
The Story of God: Mission Acts 13:1-3; 14:8-20, NRSV Reflections No culture is so advanced and so superior that it can claim exclusive access or advantage to the truth of God, and none so marginal that it can be excluded. All have merit; none is indispensable. The ethical monotheism Christianity inherited from Judaism accords value […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 14th, 2015
The Unique Tenacity of Christian Community Romans 14:1-13, NRSV Reflections Paul derives strenuous tolerance not from a soft theory of moral relativism or a pragmatic adjustment to pluralistic reality…but rather from the action of God in Christ. — Robert JewettChristian Tolerance: Paul’s Message to the Modern Church Fire and religion are alike, could be a […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 13th, 2015
What The Bible Says and Doesn’t Say Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, NRSV 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, NRSV Romans 1:26-27, NRSV Reflections for the foreseeable future we must find ways to live within the church in a situation of serious moral disagreement while still respecting one another as brother and sisters in Christ. If the church is going […]
Posted in Sermon Notes on May 13th, 2015
The Story of God: Hosanna Matthew 21:1-17, NRSV Reflections Each Sunday is Palm Sunday. Every Sunday we tell the story, remembering the Kingdom of Heaven. Remembering its cost. Remembering its promise. Processing down to the table. Telling the old stories — remembering, rehearsing, doing the theatre. Without the story we are lost. God is nothing […]
Traveling Light Relay
Down by the riverside I laid my burdens down and I'm travelin' light