Those of us who follow Jesus are called to leave the saltshakers of our own making and do good works for the glory of God in the wider world.
Sermon: Out of the Saltshaker
Marching for Sandwiches, Marcus Borg and Civility
How do we encounter and deal with people who have different beliefs? We all give lip service to being able to listen and welcoming opposing views, but in reality, we don't have much patience in our modern society for those that don't conform to whatever is the status quo in our world.
Why I Hate Job Hunting
As said earlier, I lost my full time position on December 23. This means that I have to look again for open positions. Some people are energized by the job hunt. Not me. It fills me with dread. You feel that the cards are stacked against you, no matter how hard you try. It's also... Continue Reading →
Irresistible Bliss
Start Play Work of Christmas Series | Matthew 4:1–17 | Second Sunday of Epiphany | January 18, 2015 | Dennis Sanders, preaching"...the message here today is not how we can resist temptation in three easy steps. I don’t think all you have to do is just say some Bible passages and the devil will flee.... Continue Reading →
Sermon: Irresistible Bliss
Work of Christmas Series | Matthew 4:1–17 | Second Sunday of Epiphany | January 18, 2015 | Dennis Sanders, preaching "...the message here today is not how we can resist temptation in three easy steps. I don’t think all you have to do is just say some Bible passages and the devil will flee. The... Continue Reading →
Sermon: All Is Calm
Isaiah 52:7-10, Luke 2:1-20, John 1:1-18 | Christmas Eve | December 24, 2014 | Dennis Sanders,preaching "Christmas Eve of 1914 was a sign of God’s peace. No, it didn’t last long, but it showed what God intends for us for all of us, to be a peace, to be healed to become fellow messengers of... Continue Reading →
Sermon: One Bad Mother
Start Play Work of Christmas Series | Matthew 3:1-17 | First Sunday of Epiphany | January 11, 2015 | Dennis Sanders, preaching "...today’s passage reminds us that baptism isn’t all sweetness and light. God wants people to live changed lives and when John baptizes these people, they are saying they will live a changed life.... Continue Reading →
Dennis Sanders, Sacrificial Lamb
So, a few days before Christmas, I found out that my position was eliminated due to budget cuts. Needless to say, I was devastated...and I still am a few weeks later. The sad thing is that this isn't the first time that this has happened to me. I've received layoff notices more than once. It's... Continue Reading →
Sermon: The Work of Christmas
Matthew 2:1–23 |Epiphany Sunday | January 4, 2015 | First Christian Church Mahtomedi, MN The reason we celebrate Christmas is because we celebrate the Incarnation, the word made flesh, God becoming one of us. God was up to something good, to bring about our salvation. But the arrival of God did not mean that evil... Continue Reading →
I Am Sure (I Think)
As a kid, I sometimes wondered if heaven existed. Since I couldn't see anything, did it really exist? I don't know if there were other nine-year-olds who were having existential thoughts, but I was. How do we believe something we can't see? But then there were those moments when something would happen that gave me... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 