Open your Heart
This series invites us to consider how we live open-heartedly in a risky world and at a contentious time. Does opening our hearts mean being more naïve or wearing rose-colored glasses in the face of hard truths? Whether we’re talking about love of God or love of neighbor or even love of country, we are invited to live into reality with a hope for kin-dom values and the promise of eternity. It is not always easy to be a person of faith, but we come closer to Christ when we open our hearts.
In Weakness and in Strength
As we conclude our “Open Your Heart” series, we turn our attention to this paradox of faith: how embracing our weaknesses can reveal God’s strength in our lives. Let us open our hearts to understand how our limitations can become opportunities for divine power to be made known. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 (NRSVue)
This I Call To Mind
This week we continue a new sermon series inviting us to explore how we live open-heartedly in a risky world and at a contentious time. Many of us experience life as a tapestry, woven with threads of both sorrow and joy. In this week’s text, we turn to a passage in the book of Lamentations that shifts from lamentation to a message of hope and trust in God’s faithfulness, even in the midst of great suffering and despair. Scripture: Lamentations…
In Sorrow and in Rejoicing
This week we begin a new sermon series inviting us to explore how we live open-heartedly in a risky world and at a contentious time. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (NRSVue)