Sermons

It’s Palm Sunday and Jesus arrives in Jerusalem. The people are ready to inaugurate Him as Israel’s conquering King, one who will overthrow Rome’s oppressive rule, liberating them from their godless occupier. But, as Pastor Shaq Hager prophetically communicates, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, sees the city, and weeps. He knows that the thing the people… Read...

In the fifth week of our Lent series, Carrie Buckner talks about justice as a natural outgrowth of fasting, repentance, confession, and renewal. This week, we talked about the biblical call to justice and righteousness, emphasizing restorative justice, which involves uplifting the oppressed and vulnerable. Justice can be practiced on individual, community, and societal levels,… Read...

This week, Dennis Allan walks through the story of Jesus meeting a Samaritan woman at a well and how this woman’s interaction with Jesus leads to her renewal. In and through Jesus her longings, desires, will, actions, and thoughts are made new. This story is the kind of story available to every person who professes… Read...

Confession is more than words – it’s about the posture of our hearts. In this sermon, Julia Allan walks through a story in Luke where a woman with a troubled past pours out her love at Jesus’ feet. Through her actions, we see that true confession brings freedom, not condemnation, and that forgiveness leads to… Read...

This week, Dennis Allan explores the transformative power of repentance through the lens of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Repentance can often feel risky – what if we fail again? What if we’re met with rejection? But Jesus teaches us that true repentance isn’t about fear or shame, but about returning over and over… Read...

This week, Pastor Shaq Hager begins our Lent series by talking through Isaiah 58 and the kind of fast that God desires. Many of us have been taught to engage the spiritual practice of fasting for the purpose of hearing God’s voice or seeking an answer to prayer. Yet, the kind of fast God desires… Read...