Pr. Cheryl Walenta Gorvie Sermon - blog

It’s not easy living in the real world, but this is the only world where we find Jesus, who refused to let us imagine that peace is beyond our reach, or that a better world is something too far away to bother with. Jesus is rooted in reality: do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth, he says, I have not come to bring peace but a sword. Oof, that sounds opposite of what Jesus is talking about right? Isn’t Jesus all about peace? Of course he is. But he c

God came to humanity out of love for us; could we possibly honor God by simply listening to one another?

Just don’t imagine that your lack of understanding is a liability in the presence of God. God knows we’re not perfect and loves us anyway.

You all get it. That’s why you’re here. It’s the Sunday after Easter, and typically, everyone put so much energy into celebrating Holy...

But here’s the thing, and in fact, this is why we’re here today: Jesus didn’t come to teach us how to escape the world and all its mess; he