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.”
November 8, 2015, Sterling Stiff preaching
Giving to the church provides a sense of unity, sense of peace, sense of acceptance, and comfort with Christ and community. All of this allows us to grow and give to others who can share and benefit in their own ways.
November 4, 2015, Judy Naegeli preaching
In scripture today, Jesus is begging the question: “What is your highest priority? Are you willing to put your loyalty to me above it?”
November 1, 2015, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching
You are never the same after a Lazarus moment. It is a conversion and a resurrection of the soul. To encounter this kind of love is to be changed.
October 25, 2015, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr., preaching
Wherever you are on the road, wherever you are on your spiritual journey, we are on the road with you. It is the road Jesus made. He is the road, and he is on the road with us as well—all of us. The road is our home. And you know what is so beautiful about this? All of our roads intersect here at Epiphany.
October 25, 2015, Kevin Mesher preaching
It was then my turn to kneel at the rail and as Father Stewart ever so gently placed the host on my tongue, the whole convoluted and circuitous path of my spiritual search resolved itself instantaneously. The accordion of time and of memory whistled out its excess and I was able to see that every event that brought me to this point in time was all part of the ecstatic racket of the procession of Jesus.
October 18, 2015, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching
Just because James and John have been witness to incredible acts of God doesn’t mean instant gratification and glory. They are going to have to work for it. They are going to have to walk with Jesus every step of the way into Jerusalem, all the way to the cross. That is what I mean when I say there is no scenic route to Jerusalem. It’s going to be hard.
October 11, 2015, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr.
You see, church is meant to be a stepstool that we get on to look over the walls of our influence into the greater expanse of the Kingdom of God. And when we are up on that stepstool, we set our money on the wall. And then we put our hands on that wall, we fill our lungs with the air that God gave us to breathe, and we shout, “THANK YOU.” Then we scatter that money off the wall to the other side. For Jesus money was not about influence or impact. It was just another way for us to be in relationship with God. And within the church, it became an easy way for us to express our gratitude. And this kind of gratitude has a name in the church: it is tithing.
October 4, 2015, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr. preaching
Jesus on marriage and divorce, the real definition of “unchastity,” and the love-generating reality of the Holy Trinity.