Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Relationship is Primary

Faith and the Mustard Seed

Sermon | October 2, 2016

October 2, 2016, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr. preaching

You have a mustard seed in your shoe. There was probably a moment when you felt is unearthed, but whether you feel it today or not, matters not. It remains there. It is hasn’t left. It can’t. It never will. God planted it long, long ago, at that moment when God thought you into being, even before placing you in a womb.

To Go Far, Walk Together

Sermon | March 6, 2016

March 6, 2016, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching

I came across this proverb from Rwanda the other day. “To go fast, walk alone. To go far, walk together.” The proverb is right. To go far, we must walk together—because relationship is primary. Speed isn’t primary, winning isn’t primary. Going the most distance or doing the most things isn’t primary. Relationship is primary. And when we honor that, then, we can go the distance.

Rejoice! Rejoice!

Sermon | December 29, 2015

December 25, 2015, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching

“O Come All Ye Faithful” is about gathering the joyful, coming together to witness Jesus, one born from God’s boiling over from eternity into time. Not when all was peaceful, not when the stars were aligned and we were ready.

After the Birth Pangs: Reconciliation

Sermon | November 15, 2015

November 15, 2015, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr., preaching

“We seek to heal history. We seek to live with difference. We seek to create a common peace. We seek to nurture this child of the church, reconciliation, born from the birth pangs of suffering and adversity, and wherever we find it, there is opportunity for reconciliation. This is the Jesus Movement. We are the church. This is our mission.”