by Neil Ellis | Feb 20, 2022 | Sermons
Be Merciful Be Merciful Jesus provides a challenging message to us, love your enemies, be merciful. The exact opposite of how society tells us to react. Many movies follow a path of vengance not one of mercy. Joseph, in our passage from Genesis also selects a path of...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 13, 2022 | Sermons
I Am What I Have I Am What I Have luke’s gospel finds Jesus teaching the crowd. It is a message of blessings and woes. If we read it carefully we find a list of contradictions. If we ask ourselves honest questions, we might ourselves on both sides of the...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 6, 2022 | Sermons
Abundance Abundance What does a story about fishing have to tell us about life with God? Probably more than we realize. This week we look at an encounter that primarily features Simon and Jesus. The fisherman and the carpenter revealing what life with God is like. ...
by Neil Ellis | Jan 30, 2022 | Sermons
Love Never Ends Love Never Ends A passage about conflict and a passage about love. Both tell an enduring story about God’s love. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13 and Luke 4: 21-30 Return to In-Person Worship In-Person worship will resume on Sunday February 13,...
by Neil Ellis | Jan 23, 2022 | Sermons
The Word Fulfilled The Word Fulfilled Today we find Jesus at the beginning of his public ministry. Everything in Luke’s gospel until this point has been setting the stage for this event. Jesus reads from Isaiah and the pronounces that today, in the hearing of...
by Neil Ellis | Jan 16, 2022 | Sermons
Life Abundant Life Abundant In our gospel reading from John, Jesus turns water into wine. It’s an intereting miracle that is not found in any of the other gospel accounts. By all measures it might be a tad extravagent. Certainly we may struggle to understand the...
