Indian Run UMC Sermon Archive

Life After Naming Your Truth | John 4:1-26

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after naming your truth. What will your life be like after you say your truth out loud? Will people accept you? Reject you? Just awkwardly stare? What will happen if people really know you? What will happen if God does? These are real, authentic fears. And it's okay to have them. But Jesus wants you to know that He will meet you on the other side of your truth. He does so to the Samaritan woman He meets at the well, and He will do so for you as well.

Life After Love | Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after love. Love comes in seasons: the beginning, the deepening or shifting, and the ending. It's not uncommon to ask " What do I do now?" when you encounter each season of love. Qohelet, the writer of Ecclesiastes, writes that each season is composed of pairs of opposites, such as a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. These pairs encompass the whole suite of human experiences, and that each experience, from the time to weep to the time to laugh, be given a moment to be felt.

Life after the Diagnosis | Mark 5:21-43

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after the diagnosis. We highlight the story of Jairus and the bleeding woman. Illness becomes the great equalizer, it matters not that Jairus is a respected community leader, he can't just influence or pay away the disease. The bleeding woman is so far shammed from society that none would dare look at her. Jesus, though, heals both of them, not prioritizing the one with more power, but instead healing whomever was in front of him. Jesus says to "Stop letting fear have the final word", and in essence askes us to have faith in the presence of fear. Maybe this week, if you have the capacity, be like Jesus and look around at those near you who might be hiding invisible diagnoses and offer a helping hand. We might not be able to cure what is wrong, but we can help to heal the pain that is there.

Life After The Leap | Genesis 12:1-9

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after the leap. In celebrating the graduation of our youth from High School and College today, we are highlighting the leap that they will make as they progress towards their future. Our teens and young adults are, in a way, like Abram and how he leapt into God's promise of a better future. Abram didn't have a map, or a step-by-step plan, or even the time to really think about it, he just knew he had to go. The story of Abram shows us that we need to have the courage to take the leap, and to have faith that God will help guide us to wherever that leap lands us.

Life After Motherly Love | 2 Timothy 1:1-5

In the "Life After" sermon series, we're going to journey through what the resurrection actually looks like when it meets us where we are. It's not about quick healing or tidy restorations, it's about what happens in the long middle. It's about the slow, confusing way new life has a way of finding us, even after we've stop looking for it. Today we focus on life after motherly love. Steve, Carrie, & Julie are joining us today to tell us stories of the motherly love they received in their lives. On this Mother's Day, think of the ones who gave you motherly love in your life, reminisce in old stories, and celebrate them for what they mean to you.