We talk about exploring Progressive Christian Theology every week in Ankeny UCC. What does that mean? What does that look like? It looks like expanding the kingdom of God and looking for expansive views of forgiveness and love even when we could find ways to shut the door on others. note: I’m a little unfair… Continue reading Love Is Not Passive
Category: Sermons
Joined in the Light
A celebration of All Saints’ Day.
Love, Re-formed
Jesus was an interpreter of Hebrew scriptures in the tradition of sages and scholars of the past. His innovation was to interpret those scriptures through a lens of love, setting an example for us all to follow. In this sermon, I somewhat anachronistically speak for Hillel’s opinion on God’s love. It was an overstatement on… Continue reading Love, Re-formed
What Does Your Backside Look Like?
How do you know that you have been in God’s presence? Moses tried to convince God to manifest in the presence of Israel. But God challenged Moses as God challenges us, to figure out the meaning of God’s presence. We are challenged as Moses was challenged, to change our world as God changed the world… Continue reading What Does Your Backside Look Like?
What Are We Supposed to Do?
Sermon Text: Matthew 21:33-46 We have the choice every day to steward better and live better. Jesus’s parable of the vineyard and tenants reminds us that it’s easy to mistake the story that God writes for one that we write. In worshipping God, we remind ourselves that we are not the owners of the world.… Continue reading What Are We Supposed to Do?