Big Night

Note: the film clip referenced in this sermon is from the movie Big Night, beginning at 1:33:37 where one brother says, “okay, good” to 140:35 which pictures a sunrise.

Feast Days are specific days of the year in the liturgical calendar that mark significant Christian moments, which hold particular meaning. Two of these important Feasts include Ascension of the Lord and Pentecost. Ascension of the Lord recalls Jesus’ ascent into heaven where he is seated at the right hand of God; Pentecost recalls the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ followers. Ascent and descent; eternal life and inspired life. This sermon series aims to celebrate these feasts through film that illuminates the eternality of love and the goodness of inspiration.

Christ our Fullness

Written in the first decades of the early church’s life, the epistle to the Colossians holds out a vision of life in Christ that is simple, hopeful, and above all, good. In our exploration of this text, we aim to celebrate the way of Jesus that bears good and beautiful fruit—wisdom, unity, fullness, life—and that opens doors to encourage ongoing discovery of ever more goodness. Our hope is that this series helps us to hold our lives with joy, peace, gratitude, simplicity and hope.

Christ our Unity

The slides for this sermon can be downloaded here.

Written in the first decades of the early church’s life, the epistle to the Colossians holds out a vision of life in Christ that is simple, hopeful, and above all, good. In our exploration of this text, we aim to celebrate the way of Jesus that bears good and beautiful fruit—wisdom, unity, fullness, life—and that opens doors to encourage ongoing discovery of ever more goodness. Our hope is that this series helps us to hold our lives with joy, peace, gratitude, simplicity and hope.

Christ our Wisdom

Written in the first decades of the early church’s life, the epistle to the Colossians holds out a vision of life in Christ that is simple, hopeful, and above all, good. In our exploration of this text, we aim to celebrate the way of Jesus that bears good and beautiful fruit—wisdom, unity, fullness, life—and that opens doors to encourage ongoing discovery of ever more goodness. Our hope is that this series helps us to hold our lives with joy, peace, gratitude, simplicity and hope.

Inadequacy

The word “disappointment” refers to the sorrow that we often feel as a result of our unfulfilled hopes or expectations. But is sorrow the only outcome of disappointment? According to the Season of Lent and way of Jesus, difficult human experiences—even death itself—are imbued with unexpected surprises and possibilities. During this Season of Lent we’ll explore the life of Moses and his many disappointments. We’ll make space to lament our own experiences of disappointment while being intentional to consider the potential gifts that disappointment affords. Our desire is that this series grows our capacity to hold both sorrow and hope, in the midst of the sincere disappointment that we all encounter.