Sermons

Meg Peery McLaughlin Faith & Film May 15, 2022 Matthew 12: 46-50 Prayer of Illumination 46 While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your...

Jarrett McLaughlin “A Secure Attachment” May 8, 2022 Psalm 131 Pre-Sermon: I have long stood by the idea that a sermon is an offering – nothing less and nothing more. Don’t be fooled by the elevated pulpit – this is not from God’s lips to your ears. It is one person’s...

Berry French “Listen and Respond” May 1, 2022, Confirmation Sunday Acts 10:33-36, 44-48 Introduction to the Scripture reading The book of Acts tells the story of the early Christians working out what it means to follow the risen Christ, particularly in relationship to...

Meg Peery McLaughlin Suppose Mary Was Right April 24, 2022 John 20: 11-18 Scripture: John 20: 11-18 11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; 12 and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had...

Jarrett McLaughlin “Nobody Said a Daggum Thing” April 17, 2022 Mark 16:1-8 “Why do the good guys always win?” she asked us. The question came up casually, over a dinner of chicken fingers, carrot sticks and apple slices lovingly culled together at the very last minute...

Jarrett McLaughlin Undervalued Disciplines for Overwhelming Days: Surrender April 10, 2022 Matthew 21:1-11 Pre-Sermon: A young woman kisses her mother goodbye as she boards a bus back home. There are no signs, but on this bus, there is a section for white and another...

Meg Peery McLaughlin Undervalued Disciplines for Overwhelming Days: Improvisation April 3, 2022 John 12: 1-8 Scripture: Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him....

Jarrett McLaughlin Undervalued Disciplines for Overwhelming Days: Failure March 20, 2022 Numbers 20:2-13 Pre-Sermon: Stuttgart, Germany – 1963. The Miles Davis Quintet is about to play what might be one of the most recognizable Jazz compositions of all time – “So...

Meg Peery McLaughlin Undervalued Disciplines in Overwhelming Days: Boundaries March 6, 2022 Luke 4: 1-13 Prayer for Illumination Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted...