Sermons by Matt Smith (Page 7)
How long?
Worship is rooted in the call “How long?” of the prophet Habakkuk as the people wait on God to be present with them in their deep suffering. As we celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Baptism and renew our baptism we live into the answer – God’s grace is always already with us in our joy and in our lament. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Fear Not
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Putting Down Roots
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Divine Footwear
Worship holds Jesus’ parable about a shrewd manager in Luke 16.1-13 in conversation with the Broadway musical production of Kinky Boots. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Lament to Hope
Our worship on September 11 invites reflection on ancient biblical readings which remind us of God’s Spirit bringing hope amid despair. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
How does Jesus save us?
Our worship series is rooted in the reflections and contemplative practices of Father Richard Rohr on resurrection. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest and the Founding Director of the Center for Action and Contemplation. His writings encourage contemplation as the means of discovering the transformational ways in which he understands that “God is coming to us as our lives.” Worship this morning is rooted in Luke 17:11-19 and invites deeper reflection on how Jesus saves us.
Sit Down
Our worship series is rooted in the reflections and contemplative practices of Father Richard Rohr on resurrection. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest and the Founding Director of the Center for Action and Contemplation. His writings encourage contemplation as the means of discovering the transformational ways in which he understands that “God is coming to us as our lives.” Worship this morning is rooted in Luke 24.1-5 and invites us to stop running from resurrection.
Never Start a Funeral with Logistics
We journey with John’s Gospel in the season of Easter as we practice resurrection through the lens of “The Art of Gathering” by Priya Parker. Priya Parker writes in a section of chapter five titled “Before your event starts, it has begun,” “Your gathering begins at the moment your guests first learn of it. This may sound obvious, but it’s not. If it were obvious, hosts wouldn’t fail to host the pregame for their gathering as often as they do.”…
Don’t Be a Chill Host
We journey with John’s Gospel in the season of Easter as we practice resurrection through the lens of “The Art of Gathering” by Priya Parker. Priya Parker writes, “Now you know how to craft a bold and clear purpose for your gathering and how to close doors based on it. The next step is to think about your role as host. How will you run your gathering? “CHILL” IS SELFISHNESS DISGUISED AS KINDNESS.” Pastor Matt’s message invites reflection on how the Risen One calls us to host. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
A New Creation
We gather on Easter morning to celebrate the subversive power and hope of resurrection in a world beset by brokenness and death. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804 Call to Worship, Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon adapted from “Liturgy by Sarah Are | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org”
Patience & Learning
We are grateful for the rain and needed to move our Maundy Thursday gathering from the farm to online at the last minute. Here’s a recording from our online Maundy Thursday. Our Lenten worship series, Composting Faith, continues as we reflect upon the location toward which Jesus journeys and wonder about the locations we might be called to move toward as we hold our lives & scripture in conversation with the Divine while spending time at the compost pile. Rev.…
Rotate & Mix the Compost
Our Lenten worship series, Composting Faith, continues as we reflect upon the location toward which Jesus journeys and wonder about the locations we might be called to move toward as we hold our lives & scripture in conversation with the Divine while spending time at the compost pile. Rev. Jeff Chu, in a sermon entitled “The Theology of the Compost” shared as part of a conference called Evolving Faith in 2018,“The more time I spend at the compost pile, the…