by Neil Ellis | Aug 29, 2021 | Sermons
Look Within Look Within Today’s passage finds us agreeing with the Pharisees and scribes. Not something that happens very often, but when they ask Jesus why the disciples don’t wash their hands before they eat, we might find ourselves nodding our heads in...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 8, 2021 | Sermons
Signs Our passages today focus on reconciliation, the hard work of forgiveness. It might not look that way at first glance, as the passages have more finger pointing in them than words of forgiveness. However, if you dig deeper you will find that the theme of...
by Neil Ellis | Aug 1, 2021 | Sermons
Being Well Fed Our passages today focus on reconciliation, the hard work of forgiveness. It might not look that way at first glance, as the passages have more finger pointing in them than words of forgiveness. However, if you dig deeper you will find that the theme...
by Neil Ellis | Jul 11, 2021 | Sermons
Looking Deeper Looking Deeper Looking into a mirror only takes us so far. Sometimes we have to look a little deeper, dig a little further in order to expose light to a situation. Our scripture text for today is grim. When I was recording the scripture reading, I may...
by Neil Ellis | Jul 4, 2021 | Sermons
What is an Adequate Response to Despair? What is an Adequate Response to Despair? What should we do when nothing is going right? Not just in our own lives, but in society in general. When things don’t make sense and are wildly out of control. When despair sets...
by Neil Ellis | Jun 20, 2021 | Sermons
Who is This? Who is This? How do we describe God? Should we encounter God, what might we expect? In Jesus, we encounter God in human form. God is relatable, until God is not. Our two encounters of God in scripture today do not go the way anyone else involved would...
