Our Adopted Family
To listen to this sermon, click here. New Testament Reading—John 19: 23-27 I want to begin with an exercise for your imagination. First, I invite you to look around at
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To listen to this dialogue sermon by Connie Oppel and Pastor Brooks, click here.
Continue readingThe American Dream in Reverse
To listen to this sermon, click here. In 2008, Samuel and his wife had a combined income of more than $100,000 a year. As he puts it, they “lived the
Continue readingHow Can a Church Support Marriage Equality?
To listen to this sermon, click here. NEW TESTAMENT READING—1 Corinthians 13: 1-13 I would like to begin this morning with a thought experiment. I want you to imagine yourself
Continue readingHow Can a Church Think Critically about the Bible?
To listen to this sermon, click here. New Testament Reading—Matthew 1: 18-23 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been
Continue readingHow Can a Church Find Spiritual Growth in Social Justice?
To listen to this sermon, click here. New Testament Reading—Matthew 13: 31-35 There was once a very inquisitive child who liked to ask his mother questions about the meaning of
Continue readingHow Can a Church Embrace Science?
To listen to this sermon, click here. Stories about faith are sometimes like the stories told by children. You have to hear the full story if you want to get
Continue readingHow Can a Church Love Questions?
To listen to this sermon, click here. New Testament Reading—Matthew 16: 24-26 I’d like to begin this morning with a story about a village at the foot of a large
Continue readingWhere God’s Love Abides
To listen to this sermon, click here. New Testament Reading: 1 John 3: 17-21 A number of years ago there was a study at the University of Wisconsin in which
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