Created Anew: The Trip Down Is Harder Than The Hike Up

(Beginning this Sunday, we will no longer post sermon audio.  Please head over to our “Watch Worship” page for audio/video of the entire service). This Sunday marks the conclusion of the sermon series Rebecca and I began back on the second Sunday of January.  We’ve...

Created Anew: As One With Authority

Steve Lindsley (Mark 1: 21-28) Let me ask you something: if you were launching a new initiative – a business venture, a new years resolution, or, I don’t know, three years of ministry as the son of God – if you were beginning something new, what would you...

Reluctantly Created Anew

Rebecca Heilman (Jonah 3: 1-10) It was a summer day, I was probably around seven or eight years old, and I had had enough of my older siblings bickering and picking on me. They were driving me nuts and apparently my mom too. While they were sent to their rooms as...
Created Anew: Finding Your Samuel Voice

Created Anew: Finding Your Samuel Voice

Steve Lindsley (1 Samuel 3: 1-20) I find myself drawn this morning to the very last verse of our passage today: And all Israel knew that Samuel was a prophet of the Lord. I think there are a couple of reasons why I’m drawn to this.  For one, this isn’t a passage I...
Created Anew: Reckoning With Un-Creation

Created Anew: Reckoning With Un-Creation

Steve Lindsley (Genesis 1:1-2:4a – selected verses) One of my minister colleagues this past week shared that the first line of his sermon today was going to be, “I suspect I might make some of you mad today.”  And when someone replied how that was an ominous way...
Gold, Circumstance, And Mud

Gold, Circumstance, And Mud

Steve Lindsley (Matthew 2: 1-12) I am fascinated by the idea of the belated birthday card.  It’s rare I have to use them anymore, should circumstances require one.  Much easier to send a quick text or short video: oops, forgot your big day, hope it was a good one! ...