“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has
Summer Road Trip: Olympic National Park
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God
Summer Road Trip: Yellowstone National Park
24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us
All Means All: Welcoming Folks Living in Poverty
2 My brothers and sisters,[a] do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?[b] 2 For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes
All Means All: Welcoming Those with a Mental Illness
Luke 8:42-48 As he went, the crowds pressed in on him. 43 Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years; and though she had spent all she had on physicians,[l] no one could cure her. 44 She came up
All Means All: Welcoming Those With Disabilities
Mark 2: 3-11 — Through the roof Then some people* came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. And when they could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above
All Means All: Welcoming the Transgender Community
(Sermon for June 7, 2020) But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed
Now What?
Acts 2:1-12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Coming of the Holy Spirit 2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind,
Let Your Light Shine
The following is the text of the sermon preached for Rev. Bethany’s Call Weekend, Sunday, March 15, 2020 Text: Matthew 5:14-16 A few years ago, I took an unexpected trip back home to Michigan for my Grandpa’s funeral. My Grandpa
Love Builds Up
I Corinthians 8 8 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. 3 But whoever loves God is known