Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Christmas

Where hope remains: The Slow Miracle of Christmas

Sermon | December 24, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. Good evening and Merry Christmas. I’m really glad you’re here tonight. As I’ve been preparing this sermon, I’ve been thinking about you, wondering what has been on your mind lately, what you’ve been talking about with family and friends over the holidays, what keeps surfacing, what feels pressing, what

When Preparation Meets Anticipation: Joy is Complete

Sermon | December 14, 2025

  To watch the sermon click here. Last Sunday we imagined what might happen if an intelligent life form found NASA’s Golden Record, the cosmic greeting card attached to Voyagers 1 and 2, and decided to come searching for us. So let’s pick up the story there. Imagine these visitors gliding toward our solar system,

Remembering is why Christ is King

Sermon | November 23, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. The calendar we Christians follow is not random. It begins with the longing of Advent, that season of holy desire for the world at its best. Then Christmas, incarnation, God alive in the world. Epiphany follows, it is the dark season lit by Christ’s light, guiding our actions in

What is the value of Epiphany?

Sermon | October 12, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. For about ten years, Kristin and I lived in Cleveland, Ohio. We landed there at the invitation of Ron Weinberg, a mentor of mine who owned a bunch of industrial manufacturing companies. Ron brought me on as a product manager at one of them, but I also joined his

Forged in the Fire

Sermon | August 17, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. “I came to bring fire to the earth and how I wish it were already kindled!” This is not your Sunday School Jesus in today’s passage from Luke’s gospel. This is firebrand Jesus, take action Jesus. Last Christmas, the staff had a White Elephant Gift Exchange. I managed to

The Christ Mystery

Sermon | June 1, 2025

To watch the sermon, click here. In the name of God; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. We make meaning in our world in lots of different ways. That’s something we talk about at RELATA. When I preached two weeks ago, I talked about making meaning by using frameworks to understand the

Christmas II: Sermon Summary and Reflection Questions

News | January 5, 2025

In today’s sermon, Doyt reminds us that we are all called to be mothers regardless of gender because God calls us to protect and care for children. He begins with the story of Mother Mary, who fled to Egypt to protect baby Jesus. This instinct to nurture and protect is not limited to biological mothers—it

Christmas 2 Summary