Podcast: FLC Sermons
-
Expansive Care
As we near the end of our sermon series on Job, we are reminded of the expansive care God offers to all of creation. Like Job, our sufferings can cause us to turn inward, to ask for the spotlight to stay on us. But God is big enough to recognize our needs while still caring…
-
A Shift in Perspective
For a few weeks now, we’ve been following the story of Job and the cosmic bet between God and the Satan that placed Job in the middle. We’ve heard how his life was destroyed and everything he had, his house, possessions, and family are lost and the aftermath of that as Job contends with his…
-
Budding Hope
Job offers us a unique style of scripture this week: poetry. Through his lyrical words, he paints a picture of new life and hope, even in the midst of suffering. How can Job hold this tension of hope and suffering, death and new life? Listen as Intern Pastor Miriam considers how we too can find…
-
An Honest Lament
This week as we continue our sermon series on Job, we find him in a very dark place. Job’s circumstances are extreme, and yet his despair and darkness are not all that removed from the suffering that can slip into our lives and our world today. Listen as Intern Pastor Miriam explores how we can take…
-
A Cosmic Wager
This Sunday we began a sermon series on the book of Job, which highlights the story of a man who is completely righteous, loves God, and does everything right but loses everything. What starts as a cosmic bet between God and Satan ends with an exchange between God and Job, giving voice to our frustration…
-
The Holy Trinity
This week we celebrate the idea that God is both three individual beings and one being at the same time. It’s a difficult idea to grasp, yet it is an important part of our theology. Listen as Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton wrestles with the Trinity and what that doctrine means to us particularly in these…
-
Death Swallowed In Life
This week we find the Corinthians debating the possibility of resurrection. Listen as Intern Pastor Miriam discusses how confronting death and contemplating our own non-existence is a bleak affair – like staring into the abyss – but God’s promise of new life remains. Accompanying Scripture:1 Corinthians 15:1-26, 51-57, Mark 12: 26-27
-
Faith, Hope, and Love
This week we hear from the Apostle Paul when he writes to the Corinthians about love. Listen as Pastor Kate explores what he really meant when he wrote love is patient and love is kind and what that means to us now. Accompanying Scripture:1 Corinthians 13:1-3, Mark 12: 28-31
-
Church at Corinth
In this week’s readings, we learn of Paul writing to the people of Corinth, concerned with the divisions among the followers of Jesus. Listen as Intern Pastor Miriam discusses how despite the many divisions that remain among us today – physical, philosophical and political – we are united as one body through Christ. Accompanying Scripture:Acts…
-
Church at Thessalonica
The Book of Acts tells us about the spread of the early church and the opposition it faced from established powers. Guest Seminarian Alex Stall explores how today’s church also faces opposition from “the world.” As we slowly emerge from isolation, can today’s church respond to the call to reshape the world? Accompanying Scripture:Acts 17: 1-9,…