Drawing on Jesus’ greatest commandment, Moses’ journey, and Gregory of Nyssa’s mystical theology, The Rev. Mike Angell reflects on what it means to love God before all else. Faith invites us beyond certainty and control into the mystery of God's presence, where friendship with God stretches and transforms us.

Every person bears the image of God. The Rev. Mike Wallins reflects on Jesus’ command to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s, calling Christians to resist fear and division, defend human dignity, welcome the vulnerable, and ground our public lives in justice, mercy, and love.

These timestamps come directly from the full service transcript:

25:12 – Sermon Begins

25:30 – A Ministry of Compassion at the Border

29:02 – How Is Your Spirit?

30:53 – Jesus, Caesar, and a Divided Nation

32:59 – Whose Image Do We Bear?

35:23 – Immigration, Justice, and Human Dignity

37:03 – God’s Sovereignty Beyond Borders

39:17 – Politics Shaped by God’s Character

41:16 – Refusing to Let Fear Harden Our Hearts

42:29 – Caesar Can Have the Coins

44:44 – Closing Prayer

47:06 – Sermon Ends

We often look to money, success, appearance, and possessions to give us security and even save us. But these things cannot satisfy our deepest longing. Through generosity, we loosen money’s hold on us and discover a different kind of abundance: relationship, shared joy, and the feast God invites us into.