Reflections
11/27/16 – Daniel 6:6-23 – Resistive, Life-giving Faith
“On this first Sunday of Advent, when our faith calls us to look for Christ in a world that so often would rather see just about anything else, hear this promise from Daniel and from Jesus: This faith will change your life. It will make it harder. This faith may even take your life from […]
Posted on November 29, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
11/24/16 – Deuteronomy 26:1-11 – A Life of Thanks
Pastor Daniel’s sermon for Thanksgiving, 2016, on Deuteronomy 26:1-11 “To live life thankful is to seize life back from the exhaustion of preparation and the anxiety of the unknown. To live life thankful is to see how the past has made you, while still hopeful for a future ahead of you. To live life thankful […]
Posted on November 24, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
11/20/16 King of Love – Jeremiah 36 and 31
The prophet Jeremiah dealt with a King of Judah who was not interested in what the Lord had to say. Sadly what hope have we when we keep struggling to hear and heed the Word of the Lord? There is a hope through a King of Love. Pastor Dan
Posted on November 20, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Dan Holt
Hate
Hate looked me in the eye— and I gazed back at it. Fear hunted me from behind— and I longed to disappear from it. To this world I dwell in with Corruption, I stand on my Rock and scream, “Difference!” But still Hate watches, Fear still bites, and Evil lurks in […]
Posted on November 16, 2016 | Posted by Annie Saunders
11/13/16 – Grace Burns – Isaiah 6:1-8
A post-election, healing Sunday sermon from Pastor Daniel. “May that oil on your forehead burn a little. Or maybe a lot. Purging you of those presumptions you had about yourself and about your neighbor. Relieving your guilt, but also blotting out your sin. And may this healing also be a calling of sorts. So that, […]
Posted on November 15, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
A Post-election Word from Bishop Jim Gonia
A post-election word from Jim Gonia, Bishop of the Rocky Mountain Synod of the ELCA. http://bishopgonia.blogspot.com/2016/11/it-is-time-for-church-to-be-church.html
Posted on November 9, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
11/6/2016 Maddening, life-giving grace Jonah
For All Saints Day, we have Jonah running away from God’s call to go to their hated enemy and asking them to repent that God might show mercy. God brought him back through the fish – a dark, mysterious place that is deep under the water. Give a listen to see how God still […]
Posted on November 7, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Dan Holt
Grace in Light: Candles on All Saint’s Sunday
On this All Saint’s Day, I pause to remember the saints in my life who have gone before me. Grandparents, friends, fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. I think of my grandmother who fed foxes on her back patio. I think of my grandfather who was on a first name basis with the staff at […]
Posted on November 1, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
10/30/16 – 1 Kings 17:1-16 – Discovering the Divine in the Dark
Pastor Daniel’s sermon on October 31, 2016. I’ve wrestled with an uncomfortable question the last decade or so: Have I had too good a life? Has it been too easy for me? Have I missed out on something, some character-forming event by never really wanting for anything? It’s not a question I would normally admit […]
Posted on October 31, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
10/23/16 God’s Forever Promise 2 Samuel 7
The Lord made a promise that a descendant of David would rule on the throne forever. This promise was fulfilled in Jesus who died and was raised to rule forever. Through Jesus forever comes to us. And it makes a huge difference for us living out our short and uncertain lives.
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