Wisdom and Foolishness

2/4/2024 The View from 100 Isaiah 40 reminds us how great God is and how small we are. How can a 100th birthday party, a pop star comeback, and the Bible remind us of our place in the cosmos? And how can we live with the central Christian combination of wonder and...

The Messiah We Want vs. The Messiah We Need

2/4/2024 The View from 100 Isaiah 40 reminds us how great God is and how small we are. How can a 100th birthday party, a pop star comeback, and the Bible remind us of our place in the cosmos? And how can we live with the central Christian combination of wonder and...

The Beauty of Baptism

2/4/2024 The View from 100 Isaiah 40 reminds us how great God is and how small we are. How can a 100th birthday party, a pop star comeback, and the Bible remind us of our place in the cosmos? And how can we live with the central Christian combination of wonder and...

The Last Man Standing

2/4/2024 The View from 100 Isaiah 40 reminds us how great God is and how small we are. How can a 100th birthday party, a pop star comeback, and the Bible remind us of our place in the cosmos? And how can we live with the central Christian combination of wonder and...

The View from 100

2/4/2024 The View from 100 Isaiah 40 reminds us how great God is and how small we are. How can a 100th birthday party, a pop star comeback, and the Bible remind us of our place in the cosmos? And how can we live with the central Christian combination of wonder and...

The Art of Wonder

1/28/2024 The Art of Wonder Drawing upon Psalm 111 as well as a conversation with a friend, the animated series “Bluey”, and the movie “Soul”, this message explores the theme of finding wonder, awe, and aliveness in the ordinary moments of...

Our Problem with Jonah

1/21/2024 Our Problem with Jonah This Sunday we talked about the story of Jonah and the calling of the first disciples in the Gospel of Mark. Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at...

Samuel, Eli, and “Deconstruction Influencers”

1/14/2024 Samuel, Eli, and “Deconstruction Influencers” Whether we know it or not, our faith journeys have likely been impacted by what we’ve heard, read or watched from “deconstruction influencers.” Join us as we explore this phenomenon...

The Baptism of the Lord

1/7/2024 The Baptism of the Lord This weekend, we began the season of Epiphany. Saturday was Epiphany, and Sunday is the day we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord – a story that looks both forward and backward. Our services are streamed every Sunday on our...

Christmas Eve: Beneath All that is Broken

12/24/2023 Beneath All that is Broken On that Bethlehem night, Jesus was born into a world hell-bent on rejecting him. In this Christmas Eve homily, we reflect on one possible answer to the question: What kept Jesus going? Our services are streamed every Sunday on our...