2 Samuel 11:1-5, 26-27; 12:1-9 Matt 21:33-41 Psalm 51:1-10 Today we are in the second week of a 5-week sermon series on Stewardship. Last week Andrea from PWS&D started us off by talking about Stewardship as it relates to Justice. Today we will be talking about Stewardship as it relates to Integrity. In order to dig into this topic, we first need to have a working definition of stewardship. A steward is someone who takes care of things for someone else. In the Christian tr

Genesis 39:1-23 Matthew 5:11-12 Psalm 116:1-9 We are in the third week of our sermon series about God with Us. We are following the narrative lectionary this fall, giving us a chance to go through the Old Testament in order and to learn how God is with us through these stories. Today, the lectionary reading reminds us that the Old Testament is rated R. And this story also sounds very similar to many, many accounts of sexual misconduct and violence that we are constantly hea

2 Corinthians 4:7-5:5 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1 Psalm 138 For the next two weeks we will be focusing on a couple of chapters in 2 Corinthians. In May, many of my sermons emphasized the importance of the cross in our Christian lives. The concept of dying spiritually in order to live spiritually is central to the Christian life. When we experience the dying and rising of the Christian life, God brings healing and transformation into our lives through it. And then sends us out, to wa