In this week's sermon, Pastor Cara helps us ponder what the parable of the rich man and Lazarus has to say to us about cultivating authenticity in our lives. This message is part of the 'Cultivating and Letting God" sermon series.
Sermon: Gratitude & Scarcity
As we mark the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, Pastor Melinda helps us explore the role scarcity plays in our lives and what happens when we choose joy instead.
Resilience and Powerlessness
For this week’s sermon, Pastor Cara Scriven explores what it means to cultivate resilience in our lives through the imagery of foxes and hens found in the Gospel of Luke (13:31-35).
Creativity and Comparison
When approached for answers, Jesus often responded with parables forcing others to think. In considering one such parable of an unproductive fig tree (Luke 13:1-9), Pastor Cara Scriven finds that creativity is more likely to deliver new life in us than comparison and competition.
Sermon: Faith and Control
For the first Sunday in Lent, Pastor Melinda Giese reflects on the story of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness as found in the Gospel of Luke (4:1-13). In this time of prolonged pandemic, she notes that we have our own temptations, one being the desire to maintain control.
Sermon: Mountains and Valleys
This week, we travel along with Jesus’ disciples on a journey with an incredible high point followed by a real low (Luke 9:28-45). In her sermon, Pastor Cara Scriven reminds us that life is often like this, with wisdom found in knowing that life is rarely one thing.
Sermon: Listening to Heal
In this week's Gospel text (Luke 7:1-17) we encounter stories of Jesus' healing work, powerfully echoing the acts of earlier prophets. In her message, Pastor Cara Scriven helps us to notice the way Jesus listens, a model for us to follow.
Sermon: Changing Views
In this week's reading from Luke's Gospel (6:1-16), we encounter simmering conflict between Jesus and his disciples and some religious teachers holding a rigid interpretation of Jewish law. Pastor Melinda Giese helps us to understand the context for this conflict while challenging us to consider how our reluctance to change can get in the way of the good work God puts in front of us.