Sermons delivered in 2023
How Do You Measure Community? Matthew 18: 10-20 – 2023/3-19
Authentic community, the Beloved Community of the the Kingdom of God is based on unity, not uniformity. March 19, 2023 "Measure Your Life in Love" How Do You Measure Community? Matthew 18: 10-20 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl Matthew [...]
How Do You Measure Spiritual Growth? Luke 8:4-15 – 2023/3/12
Everyone's spiritual journey, everyone's spiritual growth is different because we have had different life experiences. We are from different backgrounds. We see life differently because of these various lenses. March 12, 2023 "Measure Your Life in Love" How Do You [...]
How Do You Measure Wealth? Matthew 6:19-24 – 2023/3/5
"No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth". -Matthew 6: 24 March 5, 2023 [...]
How Do You Measure Success? Mark 10:35-45 – 2023/2/26
Just as Jesus reminds his disciples, Jesus reminds us that success looks very different in the Kingdom of God. Success in the Kingdom of God looks like the selling of what you own, and giving the money to the poor; [...]
What Do These Things Have in Common? Matthew 7 – 2023/2/19
It is not enough to just hear the words of the Sermon on the Mount. As disciples of Christ, As disciples of Christ, we are called to incorporate them into our lives, to let them become a part of who [...]
Lilies of the Field Matthew 6: 25-34 – 2023/2/12
Pondering the lilies of the field and the birds of the air "invites us to return to the miracle of the present moment, to remember amidst the everyday troubles of life that ‘there is a today; it is’ ". (Kierkegaard [...]
Salt and Light Matthew 5: 13-20 – 2023/2/5
God created the light. Jesus is light in the darkness. And yet we, fragile and flawed human beings, are the light of the world. Jesus says, “No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on [...]
Blessed Are You Matthew 5: 1-12- 2023/1/29
As people of faith, we have spiritualized the Beatitudes so much so that we think of them only as a way to get into Kingdom of Heaven. Instead, we should look at them as an invitation to embody these blessings [...]
Variety of Gifts, Variety of Services 1 Corinthians 12 – 2023/1/22
When, by God's grace and power, talents are reoriented away from us and our own interests and when they become vehicles for God's love, they are truly the Spirit's gifts to the church. -Brian Peterson January 22, 2023 Laity Sunday [...]