SERMONS

Understandably, we feel so helpless in the face of these huge events. So let’s make shalom today. … Let’s apply ourselves in small ways to add to the total amount of shalom circulating in the world. Let’s pick up a broken piece of this complicated world, and put it back into place.

“Loving Ourselves So We Can Love Our Neighbors”

“The only way out towards the destination of love for the neighbor is through love for ourselves…. There is no dichotomy, no split between self love and neighbor love. They are complementary. We must love ourselves as a way of learning how to love our neighbor… Self-love involves acknowledging our humanity. Self-love looks like a human being who can be tender with others in victory and tender with self in defeat.”

“Chasing Jesus but Choosing Chains”

The rich young man spent his life dreaming of freedom. And he spent his life acquiring things that imprisoned him. We don’t have to live in that contradiction.

“Prayer: An Opportunity to Look Inward and Become Vulnerable”

Pastor Julie talks about how prayer is not just talking to God but listening to God, and how crucial it is to slow down, stop doing, and experience QUIET in which we hear God’s voice.

“Can I Really Trust God to Do It Better?”

The question is obviously absurd. But we ask it every day. Every time we refuse to give up control over a mess we individually or we as humans have made, we are asserting that God might not be able to do better than we have done; we are doubting God’s ability to do it better. It’s an absolutely absurd doubt — and a real fear we act on daily.

“Stretching Works as Far as Faith”

“The example James gives is of a rich man and a poor man walking into a synagogue. If you treat them differently, he says, you have violated the law. You have taken face. You have shown partiality.”

“Listening: Being a Guest of Someone Else’s World”

Really listening to others -- not just "waiting to speak" -- can make us feel less alone in the world and more spiritually connected to others.

“Made in Love”

Pastor Julie helps define “God is Love” and how God enables us to love each other and ourselves | 05.02.21