Sermons by Lea Booth
Why Is the Bible Like That?
Our “Questions That Matter” series continues with a question from Joey, age 8: “How many people wrote the Bible? And why are some stories repeated?” Great questions, Joey! We’ll take a crash course in why the Bible is the way it is, and how interpretation matters. We’re glad to have you with us as we attempt to answer. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-25 (CEB)
Our Daily Bread
In the third week of our sermon series on the Lord’s Prayer, Pastor Lea asks what it means to ask God for “enough” when we live in a world of abundance, and how we can partner with God to share our abundance with others, that they might have enough. Scripture: Matthew 6:9-11 (CEB), John 6:30-31,35 (CEB)
Hallowed Be Thy Name
This Eastertide, join the LJUMC community in exploring the Lord’s Prayer (also known as the Prayer of Jesus or the Our Father). We begin by exploring what it means to “hallow” God’s name, and how we can integrate this practice throughout our lives in addition to the worship we bring on Sunday mornings. Scripture: Luke 11:1, Matthew 6:9-13 (KJV)
Risking Righteous Anger
This is the second week of the season of Lent, and we continue our Worship series guided by Amy-Jill Levine’s Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner’s Guide to Holy Week. The Scripture passage this week is the story of the cleansing of the Temple. This story is having a bit of a revival right now among Christians of my generation (and others!). Those of us who grew up in or around Christian traditions where the main goal of that type…
From Dust & Death to Dust & Life
This year’s Ash Wednesday service begins the season of Lent in ongoing restrictions. As we worship online, let us continue to pray for our community as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. La Jolla UMC and Pacific Beach UMC offer this joint online Ash Wednesday worship service. This will be a time of prayer and song with leaders and musicians from both congregations guiding us together as we begin this season. Included in this worship service will be symbolic ways…
Practical Theology
This is the final week of our series on Reading the Bible Again, informed by Marcus Borg’s Reading the Bible Again for the First Time. As we worship online, let us continue to pray for our community as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, we shift from how to read into how to live as we dive into the theme of practical theology. In week one, on “Epiphany & Creation,” Pastor Bob related how Marcus Borg, on whose book our series is…
Prophets & Wisdom
This is the third week of our series on Reading the Bible Again, informed by Marcus Borg’s Reading the Bible Again for the First Time. As we worship online, let us continue to pray for our community as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week we are taking a look at the prophets and Wisdom Literature in the Hebrew Bible. The prophets, from Elijah, Elisha, and Nathan, through to Zechariah and Obadiah, are fascinating to read and study. The…
Family Christmas Pageant
It’s Christmas Eve! May the light of Emmanuel shine in us all. As we worship online, let us continue to pray for our community as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Enjoy a fun family-friendly online worship service premiering at 5pm featuring the Christmas story, lots of carols, and videos of families sharing creative pageantry and even stop-motion storytelling! Scripture: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7; Luke 1:26-35, 38; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-20; John 1:1-14
Bushwacking
This is the fifth week of our Extended Advent series, and the second week of a the 20th century Advent model. This is also the first week of our indoor livestream worship after we stopped in-person worship. Let us continue to pray for our community as we work to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In reading this week’s scripture, as we believers are called to “prepare the way of the Lord,” maybe part of that is preparing the trail in…
Uncertainty & Preparedness
Pastor Lea continues our Extended Advent series. Continuing with Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians, Pastor Lea notes the imagery of labor pains for the suddenness of “the day of the Lord.” With this in mind, we might ask whether we actually recognize how much time we have to prepare for what is to come. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Don’t miss our Sermon Note for this week’s message available here.
Respond
Pastor Lea brings another sermon in our Stewardship series with a reminder that God calls us to respond to the amazing transformative work that God does with us all! How will you respond? Scripture: Isaiah 58:5-12
Rethink
This week, we continue our Stewardship sermon series, where we will RE:IMAGINE ministry looking forward to 2021. This week, Pastor Lea invites us to rethink our spiritual lives. Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-7
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