In this sermon we continue our series on forgiveness. We look back at a story about how forgiveness was added to the creed, about how the dividing wall of hostility has ended because of Jesus, at a parable Jesus told about an unforgiving servant, the movie Gran Torino, and what it means to let the cycles of violence end in us. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we continue our series on forgiveness. We look at the original Jewish understanding of Messiah developed centuries before Jesus. We compare the differences to who Jesus was. We talk about Peter wrestling with forgiveness based on these differences. We talk about an experience Corrie ten Boom had with her former conception camp guard. I talk about how becoming a father changed me in ways I could not possible imagine. All of towards understanding how forgiveness for the sake of reconciliation is the kind of Christianity that might change someones life. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we begin a new series on forgiveness. We talk about how forgiveness isn't about passively accepting whatever comes your way, but a practice enabling us to refuse submitting to injustices but without resorting to violence. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we continue our series allowing some of the voices from the Philokalia to help us hear the gospel. Today we look at some verses from Matthew's gospel alongside some words from Isaiah the Solitary. We look at the story of Peter walking on and then sinking in the water not so much about Peter's lack of faith but about how Jesus is someone we can trust in the storm because of he is God in the flesh. We look at the story of Philippe Petit's high wire performance in New York City, why the water's are calm around God's throne in the book of Revelation, and what it has to do with guarding our hearts. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we continue our series allowing some of the voices from the Philokalia to help us hear the gospel. Today we look at some verses from the book of Romans alongside some words from Peter of Damascus. The sermon is on patience and hope, but we talk a lot about how music can teach us these things. A song by Olivier Messiaen serves as a refrain throughout the sermon such that we not only think about patience but are forced to experience a time of waiting through listening. A long quote by Jeremy Begbie is very helpful. Simone Weil helps us tie it to prayer. A summary really does not do this one justice. It was fun to prepare and give. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we continue our series allowing some of the voices from the Philokalia to help us hear the gospel. Today we look at some verses from the Psalms and Luke's gospel alongside of some words from Isaac the Syrian. I play with the idea that the gospel calls us not so much to hang on but to let go, with the help of Richard Rohr, Thomas Merton, Viktor Frankl, and a song by a band called Switchfoot. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we continue our series allowing some of the voices from the Philokalia to help us hear the gospel. Today we look at some verses from John's gospel alongside of some words from Mark the Monk. We talk about what it means to carry Jesus' death in us so that his life may be on display, that faith is verb, that belief is not enough, that seeing Jesus means seeing him as the crucified one, that discipleship means looking and sounding like Jesus, how packs of seeds need to be planted, that hating your life isn't what it sounds like (wherein I list some things I hate), and what it all has to do with baptism. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.