If you have worshipped with us in the past two weeks you heard me announce that we are doing work on discovering the Core Values of Community Lutheran Church. Our Core Values are separate from but complementary to our Mission Statement of: Real People, Inclusive God, Radical Grace, and Inspired Growth. Our Core Values already…
We continue on in our sermon series that attempts to answer the big questions of the Christian Faith. In this message Pr. Ben looks the 9/11 tragedy and answers the question, “Why do bad things happen?”
We continue on answering the biggest questions of the faith. In this message, I answer the question, What is the Holy Spirit and what does it do? Listen in and find out how we are guided and cared for in this chaotic world.
We begin a new series that seeks to answer the biggest theological quetions of the faith. Today we begin with biggest of all questions: Is there a God?
We finish off the sermon series on the parables of Jesus by talking about the connection between mustard seeds, salt and light. What begins small can grow to the point that we can change the world in Jesus’ Name.
We continue in our sermon series and Jesus answers the most important question. Why do some people come to faith in Jesus and others do not? Jesus has the answer! There is a special song at the end of the message! Listen to the end!
We begin a new sermon series on the parables of Jesus. Today we unpack what we need to be looking for in any parable of Jesus and then we spend time looking at the parable of the vineyard owner in Matthew 20.
In the gospel stories about Jesus there are several reoccurring themes: God’s love for those who struggle, those who are sick, those who don’t have it all figured out and love for the outsider. Jesus spent very little time with the religious leaders of his time. They thought they had it all figured out, including…
Tomorrow night at church, we will be screening the Beatles movie, “Yellow Submarine.” My mind wandered to one of the songs in the movie that first appeared on their “Revolver” album. The song? “Eleanor Rigby”. If you don’t know the song, the lyrics focus in on the isolation and the disconnectedness that we all experience…
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore,…
