This piece is part of a series called “The Conversation” a longer look at how the prayers of the bible teach us and shape our prayer lives.
A father brings his daughter’s plight to Jesus, a woman who has been struggling for twelve years reaches out. What do we do with our attention? When despair is real how do we reach out in hope?
Life is busy. It seems like times of rest need to be excused or justified. What does God’s provision of the Sabbath offer us? How might it set us free?
Who doesn’t love grapes? In this sermon we look at Jesus’s explanation of how he is a vine, and we are the branches of the vine. We look at his love for us, how we relate to that love, and what it means for how we live together. Preached May 5, 2018 @ St. Peter’s Comox
Snakes make some people uncomfortable. So does anger. How do we receive and process God’s anger as people made new by his love?
When we are closed up to everything sometimes an interruption helps us to hear. This is a story of the God who interrupts us so we can hear the comfort we need. Preached @ St. Peter’s Comox Feb. 4, 2018.
Have you ever talked with someone who loves bacon about bacon? Food gets contentious, it gets controversial. Walk with God and his people in this sermon as they struggle over food, as they seek out how to handle division in their community, as they seek to let Jesus be their king. I also get meta and talk about sermons in a sermon. Preached @ St. Peter’s Comox Jan. 28, 2018.
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People really do hurt us. How do we respond to the compassion God gives to our enemies? How do we let his love for them reign in us? Jonah’s is a story of repentance and anger, justice and compassion. In this message we engage with the God who overturns us and those we hate. Preached @ St. Peter’s Comox January 21, 2018.
This message was given as part of a series on how the freedom we receive in encountering God makes all things new. It was preached at the 5:40 Express on January 13, 2018.
