Sermons on Luke
Taking it for Granted
When the destination is close to home, we don’t tend to notice or appreciate it. God values our relationship more than the distance between us. God calls us to be in relation with everyone, not just those who think or act like us, … the stranger in our midst, the hungry, the thirsty, …
Good News is Louder
God extends God’s hand to the unlikely ones to share the Good News. Share it with those you meet.
Grace Breaking In
Fear vs. Hope. What do we fear? What keeps us from hope? The joy when Grace breaks in.
Breaking the Pattern
No one wins at tag. Choose a new path of understanding and acceptance. Break old patterns of mistrust and antagonism.
Dealing with the Fall
An individual fall..or an institutional fall…seek God’s guidance for healing and mending and moving ahead.
Stewardship
Is it a miracle or is it sharing? The community came together an no one went hungry. The sharing is the miracle. The steward must use the resources as God wishes, not as they themselves may wish.
Whose Glory?
What you have doesn’t make you worthy, even each breath you take is a gift from God. Our accomplishments aren’t bad, but it isn’t about us.
It is Good to Be Seen
Jesus calls us to see those who aren’t seen by community. What child of God have we not responded to today? How can we welcome them and, in the process, make ourselves whole?
With What Do we Fill our Barns?
God has provided us with what we need. Rather than looking for more stuff, we should fill our lives with God, not self.
Jesus is Risen From the Dead
We should spend less time talking about the resurrection and more time being the resurrection. Do you want to live?