The story of Israel is one of a people continually trying to control their own destiny. In Samuel, Israel asks Samuel for a king, even though God has made God’s guidance on the matter clear. They, however, thought it was more important to have the same sort of protection, security and power as the other nations […]
Throughout the summer we are talking about our Family Legacy, the lasting impact that we have in our community. One of the temptations is to thing that legacy is something only for the future and something that only the older members of our community contribute to the ‘next’ generation. The story of David and Goliath, […]
Paul is passionate about spreading the good news of the Gospel, so much so that he is willing to adapt to the intellectual framework of the people he is trying to connect to. All to often in faith and in our life as the church, we rely too heavily on the set practices that have […]
Jesus says, “I am the way the truth and the life” and that if you have seen him you have also seen God. Similarly, our parents, our mentors and our elders embody God’s love for us. We experience God through Jesus and through those who follow in Jesus’ footsteps.
Palm Sunday is a significant Sunday in the Christian liturgical calendar year. We follow the Christian year to re-live the story of God’s passionate love. As we end the sermon series on Liturgy, we look to Holy Week to walk in the footsteps of Jesus during his last days as he pours himself out for […]
Communion, or also known as, the Eucharist, is the single most significant act of worship in the Christian faith. If the goal of liturgy is to become something greater together, than that something great is the Body of Christ. Through God’s active role in communion, God forms us into the Body of Christ. When we […]
Prayer is often described as simply talking to God, the problem is, it isn’t quite that simple. Prayer has a multifaceted role in our lives with God, and one of the primary components is that prayer helps us experience our connection to God. If prayer is experiencing God’s love and the meeting place between us […]
Often times people assume that God’s word is self evident. The challenge of hearing God is always the challenge of interpretation and the problem is that often our best intentions lead to bad outcomes. In order to hear God, we need God. We must always approach God’s word with humility and a sense of confession. […]
Music plays a vital, if not foundational, role in our liturgy. Music has the power to speak to our innermost being and it also has the power to move us beyond our individual experience to connect us to others, and even to the world around us. Sacred music in our worship service does both, and, […]
Often many who participate in liturgical worship services have little understanding of the role the various components of worship, the liturgy, have in our lives of faith. This lack of understanding spans across denominations and, unfortunately, it is a missed opportunity. By knowing what we are doing in worship and why we do it, we […]