Any fisher knows there's a difference between simply going fishing and actually catching fish. When Jesus saw Simon at the edge of Lake Gennesaret, Simon had been out fishing but had caught no fish. When Jesus urged Simon to go back out and fis

Who Me? The Burning Bush

Jan 20th, 2020 27m 16s

"Oh my Lord, please send someone else." These were the words Moses implored when God spoke to him at the burning bush. It's not unusual for people being called by God to be hesitant, to question the validity of the call or question if they are

Special Delivery: The Moses Basket

Jan 12th, 2020 23m 1s

An act of civil disobedience fundamentally changed the world. When Moses' mother put her baby in a basket and sent him down the river, she couldn't have known the impact he would have, leading the exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt, parting

Where in the World?

Jan 6th, 2020 16m 35s

Everything we think we know about the magi is probably all wrong. We know they weren't really kings, there may have been more than three, they weren't necessarily all male, and it may have taken them up to two years to travel to see Jesus. But

What in the World?

Dec 31st, 2019 18m 38s

How often do we stop and pray during the day? How often do we just stop and thank God for His love in our lives? In our everyday life experiences, how often do we accept His love and acknowledge His presence? In our modern life, full of technol

How in the World?

Dec 10th, 2019 17m 49s

We don't always think of Mary as a woman with tenacity or spunk, but she is. After all, she had an angel appear to her telling her that she would bear the Messiah, not knowing what it would mean to raise God's son and eventually watch him die.

The World is Waiting

Dec 2nd, 2019 19m 17s

We open the Advent season with a new sermon series "Joy to the World!" with a message of hope. As we prepare for Christ coming into the world, we enter the season in a state of reflection.

Sheltering Wings

Nov 25th, 2019 22m 28s

This is the third sermon in the series "Ruth: Lessons in Loving Kindness" where Pastor Bridget and Neil explore faith in turmoil.

From Humble Beginnings

Nov 25th, 2019 19m 5s

This is the last sermon in the series "Ruth: Lessons in Loving Kindness." Sometimes life doesn't go the way we intended. Sometimes we find ourselves struggling to understand why things happened the way they happened, or the timing or the place

Grains of Grace

Nov 11th, 2019 20m 17s

This is the second in the sermon series "Ruth: Lessons in Loving Kindness" where Pastor Bridget and Neil explore faith in turmoil.

Home is Where the Heart Is

Nov 4th, 2019 19m 47s

This is the first in the series "Ruth: Lessons in Loving Kindness" where Pastor Bridget and Neil will explore faith in turmoil.

Service

Oct 20th, 2019 22m 25s

When God calls us, so often we make excuses as to why it isn't our time to serve. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing; even Moses argued with the burning bush for more than a chapter when God called him to lead the exodus out of Egypt. "Can't s

Gifts

Oct 13th, 2019 22m 13s

In the Bible, Jesus talks more about money than anything else. It's like he knew that even today, money is one thing we struggle with the most: what we do with money, how we live with money.

Presence

Oct 7th, 2019 23m 19s

Being "present" in the church means a lot more than just physically showing up. Being present is about making room for others. It's not just about "us" -- it's about the "us" who aren't "us" yet, the "we" who aren't "we" yet. And sometimes that

Prayers

Sep 29th, 2019 21m 43s

When we become professing members of a United Methodist congregation, we profess our faith in God, our desire to live as disciples of Jesus Christ, and our commitment to join with our church community to keep the vows of our Baptismal Covenant.

Hearing and Doing

Sep 25th, 2019 22m 19s

Practice. It takes practice and effort before we become proficient in anything, and faith is no different. Love, grace, trust, acceptance, loving one another. These are all things that take practice. None of us are up to the task when we start,

Logs and Sawdust

Sep 15th, 2019 26m 8s

Judgement. We're something we're all really good at, isn't it? We judge and we condemn and we have prejudice but Jesus reminds us in the sermon on the mount that this isn't our job. Our job is conversation, sharing love and compassion and kindn

Pray for Who?

Sep 8th, 2019 24m 5s

You've heard it said, "eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand" (Deuteronomy 19: 21). But when Jesus gathered the disciples at the mount, he told them to love their enemies and pray for those who persecute you. We might hear this and questi

Be Reconciled

Sep 6th, 2019 20m 53s

Anger, forgiveness, reconciliation. Jesus spoke of forgiveness in his sermon on the mount, but what does it mean for you? Forgiveness isn't about the person you are angry at -- forgiveness is about you. Because so often we carry around the burd

A Paradoxical Blessing

Aug 28th, 2019 24m 15s

Blessings sometimes feel like burdens, challenges or obstacles. You are blessed because we seek to walk in the ways of Jesus Christ. Whatever burden we bear may it be a blessing in the future.

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