Sermon Podcasts
The Lord’s Prayer – Part Seven: Lead Us Not Into Temptation
02/16/2025 – The Lord’s Prayer – Part Seven: Lead Us Not Into Temptation
This Sunday, we arrive at the line of the Lord’s Prayer: ‘Lead us not into temptation.’ However, ‘temptation’ can also be translated as ‘testing.’ How does this translation change the way we look at this line? Plus, a brief discussion about the Super Bowl halftime show.
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The Lord’s Prayer – Part Six: Forgive Us Our Trespasses
02/09/2025 – The Lord’s Prayer – Part Six: Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Forgiveness isn’t only personal – it’s also communal. In this sermon on ‘forgive us our trespasses,’ we explore how Germany’s approach to historical memory offers lessons for our own angry, divided moment. From Jewish tradition to contemporary examples, we’ll explore what it means to acknowledge our trespasses and find freedom in forgiveness.
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The Lord’s Prayer – Part Five: Our Daily Bread
02/02/2025 – The Lord’s Prayer – Part Five: Our Daily Bread
When Jesus tells us to pray for our daily bread, he is not introducing a new concept. Rather he is building on centuries of tradition. This Sunday we look at the stories Jesus is pointing us to with this line of the prayer and ask what we are really aiming for when we pray it.
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The Lord’s Prayer – Part Four: Thy Kingdom Come
01/26/2025 – The Lord’s Prayer – Part Four: Thy Kingdom Come
With divine timing (or perhaps divine humor), this sermon on “Thy Kingdom Come” lands during inauguration week, inviting us to examine what this prayer truly demands of us. Through stories of ancient Rome and Civil Rights history, we discover how Jesus’ vision of God’s Kingdom remains a radical challenge to every earthly power structure – calling us not just to pray differently, but to live differently.
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The Lord’s Prayer – Part Three: Hallowed Be Thy Name
01/19/2025 – The Lord’s Prayer – Part Three: Hallowed Be Thy Name
Through stories of college sports and modern culture, we explore the phrase “Hallowed be Thy name.” How might the radical-individualism of our age be challenged by these words from the Lord’s Prayer?
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The Lord’s Prayer – Part Two: Our Father in Heaven
01/12/2025 – The Lord’s Prayer – Part Two: Our Father in Heaven
“Our Father in heaven” – four words that have opened countless prayers through history. This week we consider their surprising meaning in Jesus’ world, and what they could mean for us today.
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The Lord’s Prayer – Part One
01/05/2025 – The Lord’s Prayer – Part One
This year we will be walking through the historic Christian Catechism – The Lord’s Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Apostles Creed. Today we look at some background and context, as we prepare to look at the Lord’s Prayer in more detail over the next 8 weeks.
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Christmas Eve – Gifts & Withholdings: Lessons from the Magi
12/24/2024 – Gifts & Withholdings: Lessons from the Magi
In this reflection on the story of the Magi, we explore the beautiful complexity of human hearts – how we, like the Wise Men, both give and withhold, longing for God’s Kingdom while clinging to our own. How might this ancient story speak to our modern struggle between surrender and self-preservation?
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Advent Week Four: Which Love?
12/22/2024 – Advent Week Four: Which Love?
On this fourth Sunday of advent, our theme is love. Love is one of the most important words in the life of faith, but (in English at least) its meaning can be elusive. When we say God is Love, what is it we actually mean?
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Advent Week Three: Joy (and avocados?)
12/15/2024 – Advent Week Three: Joy (and avocados?)
Through an unlikely pair of stories – a Christmas airline surprise and an ancient couple’s unexpected news – we explore what it means to participate in God’s joy. Together they reveal how God delights in bringing life to barren places, and invites us to do the same.
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