Sermons
July 17, 2022 – 6th Sunday after Pentecost
Will you be like Martha; frantically running around only focused on the particulars and with both eyes fixed on the future? Or will you be like Mary; kneeling at the feet of the Christ we see in everyone around us, focused on the here and now? God has given us this time, how will you use it?
July 10, 2022 – 5th Sunday after Pentecost
…it is so very easy to slip into the comfortable, especially when we see so many great needs in the world. Please don’t turn a blind eye or assume someone else is better able to handle the needs that you see. The work of bringing about the Kingdom of God is for all of us and we each possess unique gifts that God needs to help create the Kingdom of God.
July 3, 2022 – 4th Sunday after Pentecost
We need others who will share in our joys and our sorrows. Even at the very end of the gospels Jesus says, “And remember, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
June 26, 2022 – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost
Much of our following of Christ takes place through what we do with our hands – expressing love for God, for each - and doing it together.
June 19, 2022 – 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Having a voice, building capacity, loving the underloved in whatever way we can. That is the essence of West Broadway. That has not changed.
June 12, 2022 – Trinity Sunday
The important thing is to realize, be grasped by, and transformed by, the vision of our Triune God.
June 5, 2022 – Pentecost Sunday
The gift of the Holy Spirit is for each and every one. The potential love and power of God working in us is limited only by our imaginations.
May 29, 2022 – Ascension Sunday (7th Sunday of Easter)
We can’t fully understand how the ascended Lord Jesus Christ is ‘Lord of all’, but are called to witness to his love and power, as He calls us to live into the Kingdom of God.
May 22, 2022 – 6th Sunday of Easter
The risen Christ wants to enjoy our hospitality – not at our front door but completely within our homes.
May 15, 2022 – 5th Sunday of Easter
We are all a work in progress – being stretched to love each other – all of humanity, as God does
May 8, 2022 – 4th Sunday of Easter
God knows you like a shepherd knows their sheep. We need to live out the truth of “The Lord is my Shepherd.”
May 1, 2022 – Third Sunday of Easter
Are we, like Peter, willing to respond when Christ, who meets us, says, ‘come follow me’?
April 24, 2022 – Second Sunday of Easter
“If there is no room for doubt, there would be no room for me.”
April 17, 2022 – Easter Sunday
How can we accept the resurrection of Jesus Christ? You will never see or accept something that you will not allow yourself to imagine!
April 10, 2022 – Passion (with palms) Sunday
Though we may never understand or accept the various atonement theories around Jesus’ self-sacrifice, the most important thing to understand and accept is God’s redeeming and eternal love.
April 3, 2022 – Fifth Sunday in Lent
Taking stock of the place the Jesus, the Christ, holds in my life – so that I can receive the love of God so painfully and perfectly given on the cross.
March 27, 2022 – Fourth Sunday in Lent
Repentance isn’t necessary for God to love us – it’s necessary for us to receive the fullness of God’s forgiving love.
March 20, 2022 – Third Sunday in Lent
Accepting that everything we have and everything we are is ultimately a gift of God’s grace, and the serious need for ongoing repentance – not to avoid punishment – but to embrace God’ love for us.
March 13, 2022 – Second Sunday in Lent
The Old Testament People of God showed us that we need to pray about calamity in the world (like Russia’s war with Ukraine) even if we don’t know how God will act - God is still Lord!
March 6, 2022 – First Sunday in Lent
Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness – overcoming them for us, and showing us how, with God’s grace, to align ourselves with God’s Word to overcome the temptations we face.