Alex uses his own story of living with disabilities to share the good news that where some only see our weaknesses and shortcomings, God has a world of possibilities for our lives.
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
Sermons on Hope
Jesus shows the disciples the wounds in his hands and the wound in his side, and when they see the wounds, they come to believe. We discuss trauma, grief, and what it means that in Jesus, woundedness has been made holy.
On this Easter Sunday we pronounce the good news that God has swallowed death forever!
In Psalm 51 we find a beautiful, confessional prayer that finds us in our need for mercy and cries out to God along with us.
Numbers presents us with a strange stories of snake attacks and salvation through a snake on a pole. We see how this gives as an image of the gospel, and how we can find our own salvation from sin in the crucifixion (and resurrection) of Jesus.
We look at the life of Abraham and find that he has left his old identity behind to find a new one in the promise of the Lord.
We discuss humanity’s place among creation, recognizing our dependence upon the mercy of God for life.
We focus on our powerlessness and our need for God’s mercy, especially as we face our own mortality.
We find Isaiah once again speaking a word of hope to a hopeless people. In this sermon, we look at how Isaiah breaks through the limited imagination of this people to bring them good news that they could not have envisioned on their now.
We discuss the dawn light that God shines over Jerusalem, what it means in Isaiah’s context, and what it means for us.