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  • God Is Not a Fluffy Cat
    2025/08/17

    In this week's sermon, we explore Jeremiah 23:23-29, examining how we often try to contain and domesticate God to fit our human expectations. Using imagery of cats in boxes, wheat and straw, and various types of hammers, we consider the difference between temporary comfort and lasting spiritual nourishment. The sermon addresses current events like challenges to civil rights, connecting them to the biblical call for justice and authentic prophecy. Through Jeremiah's metaphors of fire and hammer, we examine what it means to speak difficult truths in love while resisting the temptation to soften God's transformative word.

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    18 分
  • Unseen: Hebrews 11:1-16 & Genesis 15:1-6
    2025/08/11

    In this sermon exploring Hebrews 11:1-16 and Genesis 15:1-6, Pastor Charissa examines what it means to live by faith rather than sight. Through a personal story about navigating unfamiliar roads in England, she illustrates how faith calls us to journey forward even when we can't see the complete destination.

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    17 分
  • Beyond Bigger Barns
    2025/08/04
    Today's Gospel lesson is from Luke 12:13-21. Jesus responds to an inheritance dispute with a parable about a rich fool who hoards his abundance rather than sharing with the community. The sermon explores different forms of greed beyond material wealth, examining how our relationship with resources - whether money, attention, or influence - reflects our spiritual priorities and understanding of God's kingdom economics. Through this lens, we see how true security comes not from what we store up, but from how we participate in God's economy of grace and mutual care.
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    18 分
  • 20250727-101800
    2025/07/28
    Exploring Jesus' teaching on prayer through the lens of community and trust, this sermon examines how the Lord's Prayer shapes both our relationship with God and our connections with neighbors. Beginning with the parable of the midnight visitor, we discover how persistent prayer and radical hospitality transform our understanding of God's provision and our role in meeting one another's needs. The message challenges us to move beyond transactional prayer to embrace a deeper trust in God's abundance and our calling to be part of the answer to "Give us this day our daily bread."
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    17 分
  • Choosing the Good Part
    2025/07/20
    In this July 20, 2025 sermon exploring Luke 10:38-42 and Colossians 1:15-28, we examine the familiar story of Mary and Martha through the lens of Christ's reconciling presence. The sermon unpacks how Mary's radical choice to sit at Jesus' feet connects with Paul's cosmic vision of Christ as "the firstborn of all creation." Through three movements - Martha's dilemma, Mary's unconventional response, and Jesus' affirmation of "the better part" - we discover how choosing relationship with Christ over anxious activity transforms both individual discipleship and community life. This message speaks to our modern struggles between doing and being, challenging us to center our lives on the One who reconciles all things and offers what cannot be taken away.
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    15 分
  • July 13, 2025
    2025/07/20
    July 13, 2025 by Charissa Clark Howe
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    18 分
  • Shake off the dust
    2025/07/06
    Year c Proper 9 First Scripture Reading Psalm 66:1–9 Second Scripture Reading Luke 10:1–11, 16–20
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    17 分
  • Pentecost Tongues Like Fire
    2025/06/08
    Today’s scripture is Acts 2:1-21
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    15 分