Life After Love | Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

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.

Life After Saying Yes | Acts 9:1-19

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 saying yes. We highlight the story of Saul or later known as St. Paul. We see how the lord gave him the option to say yes to the light of God, and when he did his life was forever changed. We see even today that for many people life can be defined by the life before we said yes to Jesus and the life after. In fact 22 of our own confirmation students will be saying yes to Jesus right after this sermon. In God every day is a yes day!