Sermons

Mark 7:1-23. Jesus encountered considerable conflict with the religious authorities of his day. Tracing the roots of this conflict can help us find ways to navigate conflicts we may encounter in our own lives.

Mark 6:47-56. Jesus’ disciples find themselves in a situation that causes them to be deeply afraid. What causes us to be afraid? What might be the antidote to this fear?

Mark 6:30-46. Sometimes life can be overwhelming. The demand seems so great and the available resource so slight. Jesus points the way through this dilemma.

Mark 6:6B-29 tells the horrifying and tragic story of the execution of John the Baptist by Herod Antipas. It’s a story of suffering, injustice, and brokenness, portraying a world difficult to reconcile. How can we live in a world containing such horror?

Mark 6:1-6a. Religion inevitably runs into trouble when rules, regulations, and rituals replace a vibrant living relationship with God based on faithfulness.

Mark 5:21-43. Into every life a number of storms will come. The question is not whether they will come, but how we navigate them when they do.

Mark 5:1-20 presents a troubling but recognizable picture of the human condition. The dilemma of this condition is only resolved when I submit to the Divine power that was embodied in Jesus. 

Mark 4:35-41. We spend our lives getting from one side to the other side. How we travel across the divides we face has a great impact on what we discover when we make it to the other side.

Mark 4:21-34. Christian faith is often presented as a make-work project. But Jesus seemed to have a different, more gentle vision.

Mark 4:10-20. We all live at different times in different kinds of soil. Some soils are more conducive to prospering than others.