While it was still dark meant that sin and evil are in power. God feels distant if not absent. Mary was feeling had to feel like God was distant. Where was God when Jesus was on the cross? Did God care? It’s hard to believe in God when it’s dark. Continue reading Sermon: While It Was Still Dark
First Christian Church isn’t closing. We are moving, but we aren’t closing. But how can we live? What is the mission that God is giving us? Continue reading Sermon: Setting Our Face Towards Jerusalem
As a congregation, we sit at an interesting juncture. Some of us ask questions like where are we headed? Will we survive? Those are legitimate questions. I don’t know what we need to specifically do, but the answer right now is to love. Continue reading Sermon: Love, In the Time of Nuclear War
Why does Pentecost matter to us? Why do we celebrate it every year? Why does the Spirit coming like a wind matter? Continue reading Sermon: Carried by the Wind
On this first Sunday in Lent, we talk about hope vs. optimism. Continue reading What A Beautiful World This Will Be
As a nation, we strive to live up to better ideas and many times we do. But let’s not kid ourselves. We are not okay. Continue reading This Is Who We Are
This is my sermon from yesterday. “Swimming in Gratitude” | Matthew 18:21-35| Pentecost 15 | Dennis Sanders, preaching Continue reading Swimming in Gratitude
God hears the cries of the oppressed and decides to act. Continue reading Sermon Podcast: The Course of the Events
What happens when the word of God isn’t what you want to hear? Continue reading Sermon: The Main Thing
Isaiah 5:1-17 and 11:1-10 | Twenty Third Sunday After Pentecost | November 17, 2019 | Dennis Sanders, preaching Dennis remembers a mailbox during his childhood and we are reminded of a God that seeks justice and also wants to love … Continue reading Sermon: The Mailbox
The Clockwork Pastor 