"What we forget is that the sabbath is strange. It was probably the one commandment that came out of God's own personal experience."

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: March 4, 2018
Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17

"Quantitatively speaking, you don't find all that much laughter in the Bible.  Nobody claims there's a chuckle on every page of scripture, but laughter is what the whole Bible is really about.  God showing up, faithfully….and doing the miraculous."

Preacher: Alice Hernandez
Date: February 25, 2018
Scripture: Mark 11:1-11

"What we think is the color of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, is actually the color of water. The color of our too much."

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: February 18, 2018
Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17

"I don't think we are terrified of the God that meets us at the top of high mountains. I do think it's terrifying to know that once you get up there, you won't be the same when you come back."

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: February 11, 2018
Scripture: Mark 9:1-9

"Even Jesus, it seems, must first disappear to nowhere before he knows how to find somewhere."

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: February 4, 2018
Scripture: Mark 1:29-39

"Talking small demands nothing from you that you can't afford to lose."

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: January 28, 2018
Scripture: Mark 1:21-28

"Time does that to us. The scarcity of it makes us all afraid to take our mind off it."

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: January 21, 2018
Scripture: Mark 1:14-20

"The streets of Nazareth run right through us."

Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: January 14, 2018
Scripture: John 1:43-51

"You can tell they're looking for something. Some come looking for answers. They sit and stare until the walls talk back."

Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: January 7, 2018
Scripture: Mark 1:4-11

We are quick to anticipate, and then celebrate the surprise that God came to be with us in the flesh, but before we pop the corks on our champagne bottles and offer Joseph a cigar, we ought to not overlook the messy way that God chose to enter this world, and the impossible position Joseph found himself in because of God's intervention. 

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: December 18, 2016
Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

I won't fault you if you thank John for asking the obvious question. Should we still be waiting, or is someone else coming?

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: December 11, 2016
Scripture: Matthew 11:2-6

Check out our podcast, After The Sermon, if you want to listen to Amos answer questions about this week's sermon.

Jump in the deep end, but you won't jump alone. We are here. We aren't going anywhere. Question is, where are you?

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: November 27, 2016
Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Why bother staying awake and alert, by seeking to follow the way of Jesus while you are working in the field or grinding meal at home, if you don't know when Jesus will pass through...

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: November 27, 2016
Scripture: Matthew 24:36-44

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There is one characteristic the planners and the pouters share - neither one of them actually believes that God is making new heavens and a new earth. 

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: November 20, 2016
Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25

Faith is as much about endurance as it is enthusiasm.

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: November 13, 2016
Scripture: Luke 21:5-19

In the kingdom of God, it is opposite day, every day.

Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: November 6, 2016
Scripture: Luke 6:20-31

Got questions? We're exploring them in this week's episode of After The Sermon. 

To see Jesus and be seen by Jesus is our principal desire as followers of his way. Each of us has a uniquely luminescent glow that we inherit when we are made in the image of God.

Date: October 23, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

The prayers of the Peacocks are said in hushed tones to other peacocks, in casual conversation. Peacocks are preening purveyors of their own self serving versions of the truth.

Date: October 23, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Date: October 16, 2016
Preacher: Charles Weathers
Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

We could go home with the ten lepers, but one of them is messing with our script. One of them has stopped. He turned around and now he's walking back to the find Jesus. He has something to say, and of the ten, he's the last one you'd expect to say it.

Date: October 9, 2016
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Scripture: Luke 17:11-19