On this Third Sunday of Advent—Gaudete Sunday—we explore a deeper, sturdier vision of joy through Isaiah’s promise of a desert in bloom and John the Baptist’s searching question from prison: “Are you the one who is to come?” Drawing on the image of a “superbloom,” this sermon reflects on joy not as fleeting happiness, but as a resilient gift cultivated through faith, patience, and community—one that can take root even in seasons of doubt, dryness, and waiting.

In this second week of our Advent series, Out of the Blue, we explore one of Scripture’s most startling invitations: the call to repentance. But not the shame-filled version many of us inherited. Instead, we look at repentance as a holy reorientation—a turning toward the God who surprises us with renewal in the very places we thought were beyond hope.

We'll hear John the Baptist’s bold call to “prepare the way” and explore repentance not as shame, but as a holy reorientation—turning toward the God who brings new life out of what looks cut down or worn out. Drawing from Matthew 3, the legacy of Elijah, and the imagery of shoots rising from the stump of Jesse (Isaiah 11), this message invites us to recognize how God still arrives in surprising ways.

If you’re longing for fresh hope, brave truth-telling, and a vision of God who both prunes and cultivates, this episode is for you. Join us as we listen for the Spirit’s call to turn, to trust, and to grow.

In this first week of Advent, we enter the holy tension between the world as it is and the world as God promises it will be. Drawing from Matthew 24:36–44 and Isaiah 2:1–5, this sermon invites us to explore what it means to stay spiritually awake in a distracted age—awake to God’s presence, awake to our neighbor’s need, and awake to the coming peaceable Kingdom.

Reflecting on a scene from A Boy Called Christmas, the advent essays of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the honest realities of our messy, overfull lives, we’re reminded that Advent isn’t passive waiting. It’s an invitation to reorient our hearts, rekindle our hope, and learn again how to see God’s nearness—even in fog, cold, and confusion.

If you’re entering the season a bit sideways—tired, hurried, or unsure—this message offers encouragement for the journey: small practices that keep us watchful, the promise that God meets us in unexpected places, and the assurance that the Kingdom is closer than we think.

Come walk in the light of the Lord, and discover that you may be nearer to home than you realize.

On this Reign of Christ Sunday—marking 100 years since the church first proclaimed this feast day—we remember a truth as radical now as it was in 1925: Christ’s reign stands in opposition to every earthly power that demands our allegiance through fear, coercion, or dominance.

This sermon explores the origins of Christ the King Sunday as a deliberate act of resistance against rising authoritarianism, nationalism, and political idolatry in the early 20th century. Through the lens of Luke’s crucifixion narrative (Luke 23:32-43), we revisit the kind of king Jesus actually is—not a warrior or a Caesar, but one who reigns through mercy, humility, and self-giving love.

In a world still tempted by strongmen and seduced by ideologies wrapped in religious language, this message calls us back to the scandalous center of Christian faith: a crucified king who prays forgiveness for his executioners and places the marginalized at the heart of his kingdom.

With clarity and honesty, we’re invited to examine our own loyalties, confront the labels we place on one another, and rediscover mercy as the defining mark of Christ’s rule. As we stand at the threshold between the church year and Advent, this sermon reminds us that God’s power arrives not on a throne, but in a manger—and that following Christ means choosing the way of peace even when it seems foolish or risky.

Come listen, reflect, and reorient your hope toward the One who reconciles all things and calls us to seek first his kingdom.

What does it take for all things to be made new—and who needs that newness the most? This sermon invites us into Isaiah’s sweeping vision of a new heaven and new earth (Isaiah 65:17–25), given to a people returning from exile and longing for home. In a world marked by inequality, displacement, and the weight of systems that work for some but not for others, Isaiah’s words open our imagination to God’s desire for creation: joy instead of weeping, security instead of exploitation, flourishing instead of fear.

Through the story of Kenneth and Phyllis Laurent and Frank Lloyd Wright’s remarkable accessible home design, we explore what becomes possible when we center those whose needs are greatest. The Kingdom of God, Isaiah reminds us, grows precisely where we refuse to ignore suffering—and instead allow compassion, lament, and truth-telling to shape our lives.

Drawing on Walter Brueggemann’s prophetic framework—to tell the truth, to grieve honestly, and to hope defiantly—this message calls the church to live now toward the world God is bringing to birth. It challenges us to consider what we may need to leave behind, what relationships we must deepen, and how listening to the stories of those most impacted by injustice can expand our imagination for shalom.

If you’re longing for clarity, courage, or a renewed sense of purpose, this sermon offers grounding and hope: an invitation to join God’s work of new creation with compassion, creativity, and openhearted faith.

Come listen, reflect, and lean together into the beautiful world God is making.

In this weeks message, we step into the temple with Jesus — right into the heart of things — where a clever question meant to trap him turns into a profound conversation about life, death, and what really matters.

In Luke 20:27–38, the Sadducees try to make resurrection sound absurd, but Jesus turns their logic upside down — reminding us that resurrection isn’t just about life after death, but about life transformed here and now.

Join us as we reflect on what it means to be children of the resurrection — people who live with courage, generosity, and hope, even in a world defined by fear and scarcity. What might it look like to live as if God really is “not the God of the dead, but of the living”?

In this week’s message from Luke 19:1–10, we revisit the story of Zacchaeus — a man seen by the crowd as beyond redemption, yet sought out by Jesus for relationship and restoration. What begins as a simple encounter in a sycamore tree becomes a profound moment of transformation, as Zacchaeus learns that salvation looks less like escape and more like repair.

Through this story, we explore what it means to participate in God’s healing work — to face what’s been broken in our lives, our communities, and our world, and to take small, faithful steps toward making things right again.

Because sometimes, salvation doesn’t start with something new.
Sometimes, salvation begins with repair.

In this week’s message, we step into one of Scripture’s most mysterious and powerful moments — the night Jacob wrestled with God at the river’s edge. From the book of Genesis, we’ll explore what it means to wrestle with the divine, to hold on through the struggle, and to come away changed — limping, yes, but blessed.

Along the way, we’ll talk about tricksters and transformation, Bugs Bunny and blessings, and the kind of faith that isn’t about having all the answers, but about refusing to let go of God — even when we don’t understand.

So take a deep breath, and join us as we listen for God’s Word from Genesis 32 — and discover together the grace that meets us in the wrestling.