God Our Father.
Sermon based on Matthew 6:7-9, the beginning of the Lord's Prayer: “Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray, then, in this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be revered as holy."
Our Kingdom Go.
Sermon based on Matthew 6:10, from the Lord's Prayer: “May your kingdom come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
What We Need.
Sermon based on Matthew 6:11, from the Lord's Prayer: “Give us today our daily bread."
The Gift of Forgiveness.
Sermon based on Matthew 6:12, from the Lord's Prayer: "And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors."
Faith Over Fear.
Sermon based on Matthew 6:13, the final verse from the Lord's Prayer: "And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one."
Freedom Comes Within Constraints
What can Nobel Prize–winning economist Thomas Schelling teach us about judgement versus discernment?
Refining Fire, Light of Life
We fuel a life of righteousness by allowing God to burn away our Self-Will.
The Gifts of Toil and Time
Time is one of the least-understood ways God works in our lives.
Lord, How Should We Pray?
When have we last considered the teachings in the Lord’s Prayer one at a time?
Idols Are Anything We Put Before God
What would our lives be like if we lived them in gratitude for God’s grace?
A Heart and Its Treasure
Only by loving God more than the world can we keep our hearts from decay.
Prodigal Son, Faithful Father
Only those who deeply and fully realize how little they deserve grace will find it in the end.
What Sort of Light Are We To Be?
Does the light we shine call people in? Or are we calling them out?
Impatience Is a Form of Unbelief
What can we learn about impatience from Franz Kafka’s take on the Garden of Eden?
Who Are “The Least of These?”
What can two horrific plagues in Ancient Rome teach us about acts of mercy?
And Who Is My Neighbor?
What can the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese teach us about Jesus’ parable of The Good Samaritan?
Pentecost_Untamed Grace
What can the Tower of Babel and The Large Hadron Collider teach us about Pentecost and the power of witness?