Acts 3:1-10 Healing at the Beautiful Gate It is not often someone will say to a complete stranger, “What I have, this I give to you.” What was offered in this moment? Was it charity? Was it healing? Was it pity? Was it compassion? Was it a miraculous healing? Or
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Acts 1:1-14 You shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem After Jesus’ resurrection the disciples and those who followed Jesus have now been given the task of witnessing to what Jesus did, who Jesus was, and what Jesus has meant to each and everyone of us. In this passage people of
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Mark 11:1-11 • Triumphal entry While the Roman Army entered the city of Jerusalem, Jesus approached the city by another way. Jesus approached the city as a leader filled with grace. Jesus’s ministry was one of mutual sharing of power. Jesus’ leadership was not about self-interest but rather the communities
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Mark 12: 1-17 • Parable of the wicked tenants; paying taxes to Caesar People in power in the secular world tend to live in an either-or dynamic. Powerful leaders are portrayed as people are able to convince others of the truth. They are often great at debate and never back
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Mark 10:17-31 • Rich man is called to sell all he has to follow Jesus As we enter the season of Lent what are we being called to relinquish in order to return to God? The secular world invites us to live in the spirituality of scarcity, where we allow
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Mark 8:27-9:8 • Peter’s confession, and the Transfiguration. Best Picture Nominated Movie: Barbie Continuing a Robertson-Wesley tradition, on Sunday, February 11, the sermon will look at the scripture reading of the day with an Oscar-nominated movie in mind. The scripture passages today explore questions of identity. Who is Jesus? Who
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Mark 5:21-43 • Jesus heals those who seek relief. The story of the faith of the woman who reaches out to touch the hem of Jesus’ cloak is one of deep abiding faith. It is a story of living one’s faith boldly, and taking a risk. As we celebrate the
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Mark 4:1-34 • Parables of sower and mustard seed. Jesus taught in parables which is defined as a short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle. The parable of the sower invites faithful followers to not worry about success on the first try, but rather to
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Luke 2:22-40 • Jesus presented at the temple. What does it mean to be people of faith? What does it take to be a disciple? What will our faith require of us? The community of faith is all around us both within the temple and out in the world. We
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Isaiah 40:1-11 • Comfort, O comfort my people. The second Sunday of Advent brings us the proclamation that God is here to comfort us. God does this through acts of service. God is depicted as a shepherd who cares for and feeds the flock. God’s love is expressed through acts
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