A contemplative re-reading the Lord's Prayer awakens us to the nearness of God and how God's love can flow through us into the world, beginning right where we are, every day of our lives. Keywords: Lord's Prayer, Kin-dom, kingdom, prayer, Abba, love, peace, living water, Spirit, YHWH, Yahweh, Mississippi River, heaven, earth, will of God, conscience, consciousness, fellowship of the Spirit, reign of God, already-not-yet, the Little Way, earthy spirituality, practical spirituality
Title: Everything I Needed to Know about Salvation I Learned in First Grade Scripture: Luke 15:1-7 Summary: My first grade “lost and found” experience doesn’t just serve as a parable of God’s saving grace; it also reveals the pattern of God’s gracious, ongoing presence in every chapter of our lives.
Scripture: Matthew 11:28-20 Summary: Our culture is addicted to speed, and most of us are too. Jesus invites us to slow down and learn from him the unforced rhythms of grace.
Sermon title: "Like the Other Nations" Scripture: 1 Sam 8:4-9, 19-20 Summary: Requests reveal more than we think. When the Israelites ask for a king, what are they really asking for? In this sermon, we examine the ways that we serve the idol of earthly power in our lives. In the end, Jesus calls us to be extraordinary in the way we engage politics by going beyond earthly kingdoms to work for the Kin-dom of God. Keywords: idolatry, politics, extraordinary, Beatitudes
Summary: We've always heard that Solomon asks God for wisdom in 1 Kings 3. However, a closer look reveals that Solomon asks for "a listening heart." In this sermon, Caleb proposes a new way to view wisdom that prioritizes a listening heart. In the end, being wise looks a lot like loving other people.
The Trinity is a notoriously confusing concept. It has stumped even the most scholastic Christians since the beginning. But what if the Trinity was never something we were supposed to think about? In this sermon, we consider Richard Rohr's concept of the "Divine Dance," a phrase that describes the Trinity's relationship to itself and to us. With this in mind, we see that the Trinity is something that is meant to be experienced. God invites us to dance—will you say yes?
· Text: Ex. 4:1-5 · Summary: If we’re willing, God will take the stuff of our life, even the parts we’re not proud of, and use it for God’s purposes. · Keywords: Sojourner, Head, Heart, Hand, Wilderness, Culture, Columbia, MO, Moses, Harrison Butker, LGBTQ+, Election, Gaza, Religious-Ethnic, Demonstrators, Staff, Pharaoh, Murder, Shepherd, Transformation, 40 years, Jehovah Jirah, Christ, Spiritual Compass, Freedom, Liberty, Kin-dom, Inward journey, Jesus, People of the Lamb, Change, Contemplation, Snake, Strengths, Skills, Power, Peace, Love, Liberator,
· Summary: God’s question comes as a call for introspection to clarify our values and our desires and all God to shape them. · KeyWords: Want, Desire, Values, Heart’s desire, Blessing, Petition, Prayer, Asking, Jesus, James and John, Kin-dom living, Downward mobility, Willingness, Trust, Delight in the Lord, Prayer of Relinquishment, Wisdom, Discernment
Should we prioritize the vertical aspect of the Christian life (our relationship with God) or the horizontal (our relationship with others)? In this sermon, we are called to support and build up our relationship with God by "building out" a stable foundation for our faith, because it is by loving others that we come closer to God.
