Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Eucharist

The Abundant Life

Sermon | April 26, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. Two years ago, my family was preparing to move from Old Lyme, CT back to Seattle. In CT, we had a large, gorgeous home on 4 acres in the country. Every waking moment that I wasn’t working, I was packing boxes…for weeks. When we moved into that home, we

The God who really, really loves you

Sermon | April 4, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. Once upon a time, a very long time ago, people gathered at night around fires telling stories and dreaming dreams. Before the internet and smartphones, before electricity and mass transit, people comforted one another in the dark with singing, and with prayer, and with story. If a family was

Jesus Happened to Me

Sermon | April 17, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. “Jesus happened to me.” These are the words that author Sara Miles writes to express her experience of receiving communion for the very first time as an adult. “Jesus happened to me.” Raised as an atheist, Sara woke up one morning, left her sleeping spouse and child at home,

Do You Also Wish to Go Away?

Sermon | August 25, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.   “Do you also wish to go away?” Good morning, Epiphany. My name

Jesus and the Answer we Didn’t Expect

Sermon | July 28, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Our gospel today is a two-parter: Jesus feeding the five thousand, and Jesus walking on the water. The latter is told in three of the gospels, all except Luke. The miraculous feeding is told in all four. So these stories are important to the collective memory of the early

Peanut Butter and Jesus

Sermon | September 26, 2021

Good morning Christians, seekers, and friends! Good to see you this morning! And thanks so much for joining us in worship whether you are here in the Church or watching us online!  Now I know it is rather early to talk about this – especially on a Sunday before brunch, but I am going to

David

Sermon | August 8, 2021

In my life I have seen three versions of Michelangelo’s Statue of David. One is the original that before the pandemic millions visited each year in Florence at the Galleria dell’Accademia. The other is a stunning full-size bronze copy purchased by John Ringling to be the centerpiece of his art museum in Sarasota. It was

Time Changes

Sermon | April 2, 2021

Good Evening From Leviticus 23:5: “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, (in Hebrew between the evenings) shall be a Passover offering to the Lord.” What a difference a day makes. So much happens during Holy Week both in our scripture reading and in our church life, that when we