Sermons

Jesus’ message – that we must return hate with love, turn the other cheek, pray for those who stand against us – is incredibly counter-cultural. It will not win you an election, but it may help change the world for the better. Today’s message is based on Matthew 5: 38-48 To listen online,

Today’s passage from the Sermon on the Mount deals with difficult topics: anger, adultery, divorce and the swearing of oaths. Jesus seems to take the laws of the times and make them even harder to live up to. But, put into the proper context, we understand we are called to righteousness

If we give up on practicing our Christianity—and merely become consumers of it—then we have lost our zest and our light has gone out. Practicing means doing the sometimes hard, uncomfortable, disorienting things that Jesus compels us to do: love our enemies, pray for those who persecute us,

The message of today’s story and this season of Epiphany is that God comes close to us and isn’t afraid to be in the same room with us and our joys and our deep sorrows, our successes and our failures, our happiness and the seemingly bottomless pit of our grief, our independence and our moments