June 21, 2020 – What’s the secret to engaging the Gospel in difficult times? It’s actually the same no matter the difficulty, whether it’s systemic racism, or divorce, addiction, or grief, COVID, or cancer. The secret is no secret at all. The secret is to hear the Good News, that in Christ you, we have been made children of God. It is faith in this Gospel that gives us the courage not just to escape, but to engage.
June 14, 2020 – This is the first Sunday in the Summer Sermon Series ‘Staycation: Six Weeks in Galatians.’ Pastor Drew preaches on the first book of Galatians, verses 6-24.
June 7, 2020 – “The problem of racism and the problems of policing and violence in our culture, they can only improve with the help of God through the renewal of minds like mine.”
May 24, 2020 – Celebrating Jesus ascending into heaven!
May 10, 2020 – Christ is the only cornerstone that can bear your weight, your burden, whatever your shape, whatever your story.
April 26, 2020 – “This week felt different. This week, at least for me, it hit me that this isn’t getting easier yet, and that it’s not going away soon.”
April 12, 2020 – Christ is risen! Hallelujah!
April 12, 2020 – A special sunrise service from Grace UMC. Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
04-05-2020 Palm Sunday
March 29, 2020 – It’s season one, episode six of the Walking Dead and there’s not much time left…
March 8, 2020 – If it wasn’t Abraham’s works or obedience, if it wasn’t his circumcision in Genesis 17 that made him right with God, what was it? When did he become a Jew?
Sunday, March 1, 2020 – “If we are not careful, we can go to Adam and Eve and Christ looking for 7 easy steps to avoid temptation. We can ask , how do I reach my full potential, resist temptation, and live my best life now? That would be a mistake.”
Sunday February 9, 2020 – (1 Corinthians 2:1-5) – Pop Quiz! Are you ready? Here’s your question: What is the Gospel? You have 10 seconds…
Sunday February 2, 2020 – (Luke 2:22-40) – Listen to Simeon. When he holds Christ in his hands, he holds in his hands the good news of what God has done for him. But in that exact moment something is also done to him.
Sunday January 26, 2020 – (Matthew 5:1-12) – If hearing the Beatitudes from the mouth of the Lord leaves you trying to figure out if you’re among those he calls bless-ed. If, like the 10 commandments, you’re scanning the Beatitudes trying to figure out if you’ve made the mark, that’s exactly what you should be…
Sunday January 19, 2020 – (John 1:29-36) –
Sunday January 12, 2020 – (Matthew 3:13-17) – I think the Baptism of the Lord refers to an event even bigger than all of those. All the elements are there. The Epiphany of Christ’s Baptism helps us reflect all the way back to the waters of the Flood.
Sunday January 5, 2020 – (Matthew 2:1-12) – The point of the Three King’s has nothing to do with their three-ness, their kingly-ness, or their Orient-ation. The point is…they’re not Jews.
Christmas Eve 2019 (John 1:1-14)
Sunday December 22, 2019 – (Isaiah 7:10-16) – The whole nativity scene which we know so well, what we may realize is, it’s really just a bunch of 1st century movie references from well-known Bible stories crammed together in the stable.
Sunday December 8, 2019 – (Isaiah 11:1-10) – “Jack, you were not born into a world of peace. That’s why today, on your baptism day, you are being given a weapon.”
Sunday November 24, 2019 – (Colossians 1:11-10) – I asked a friend about this whole Kanye “Jesus is King” thing. “It doesn’t matter,” he said. “If Christ really is King, we’re asking the wrong questions.”
Sunday November 17, 2019 – (2 Thessalonians 3:6-13) – The problem with indulgences wasn’t that the church was charging too much for salvation. It’s that the church could never possibly charge enough.
Sunday, November 3, 2019 – (Luke 19:1-10) Remember Jason, the dugout diving super-fan guy? He started coming to church with his mom a few years back. He hated it. It was boring and his bed was a lot more inviting. But this one night I got a phone call from another young adult in our ministry…
Sunday, October 27, 2019 – (Acts: 10: 9-16)