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SERMONS
| Date | Title | Scripture text | Topic | Preacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/29/10 | "Sojourner Truth - Ain't I a Woman?" | Micah 6:6-8 | Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/22/10 | "Caryll Houselander - Divine Eccentric" | Luke 13:10-17, 1 Corinthians 15:10 | “The first exercise in simplicity is to accept oneself as one is.” | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/15/10 | "St. Augustine - 4th Century Bad Boy" | Romans 7:14-25 | God saves; all humans can do is engage in the struggle between willing and not willing. | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/8/10 | "Hildegard of Bingen - O Splendor of God's Glory Bright" | Ephesians 5:8-14, John 12:35-46 | We are living sparks of God's splendor, called to creativity | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/1/10 | "Mother Teresa - At Work in the Darkness" | Psalm 42 | Persevering despite God's absence | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/25/10 | "Teresa of Avila - Wild Woman of Avila" | Colossians 2:6-14 | Fire in the heart and belly | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/18/10 | "Julian of Norwich - A Hazelnut of Hope" | Colossians 1:15-28 | All will be well | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/11/10 | "Bill W - Rescued from Darkness" | Luke 10:35-37, Colossians 1:1-14 | Redemption through surrender to a Higher Power | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/4/10 | "Would-Be Followers of Jesus" | 2 Kings 5:1-14, Luke 9:57-10:2 | Introduction to this summer's saints series | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/13/10 | "Reconciled with God by faith" | Galatians 2:15-21 | Allowing Christ to fully live in us | Rev. Deedra Rich |
| 6/6/10 | "The Transforming Power of God's Surprising Call" | Galatians 1:11-24 | Are we putting limits around God? | Rev. Deedra Rich |
| 5/30/10 | "Imagine" | John 16:12-15 | Imagining a way to describe three-personed God | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/23/10 | "Come On, Baby, Light My Fire!" | John 14:16-20, 25-26, Acts 2 | "If Jesus is risen and people are not finding him, then somebody is hiding him." | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/16/10 | "Wild Thing, I Think I Love You!" | Psalm 18, Romans 8, Mark 1 | The link between wilderness, creativity, and spirituality | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| ------ "Creation" Sermon Series ------ | ||||
| 5/9/10 | "Umm... Umm... Good!" | Psalm 34:1-5,8 | The goodness of the land | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/2/10 | "Mountain" | Exodus 3, 1 Kings 19 | Experiencing God in a holy place | Rev. Deedra Rich |
| 4/25/10 | "So Earth Had This Boyfriend..." | Luke 12:48 | Earth | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/18/10 | "An Overall Spiritually Moisturizing Day" | Job | Ocean | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/11/10 | "Sky" | Psalm 19 | God speaks to us through creation | Rev. Deedra Rich |
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| 4/4/10 | "Can You Believe It?" | John 20:1-18 | Choose to make room in your heart for such a mystery | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| ------ "Breaking Free" Sermon Series ------ | ||||
| 3/21/10 | "Breaking Free from Discouragement and Depression" | Job 3:2-4, 20-26, John 1:1-5 | When we are cut off from all the hope we know | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/7/10 | "Breaking Free from Resentment and Bitterness" | Matthew 18:21-35, 1 Samuel 18:6-11 | Made prisoner to something that can eat us alive | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/28/10 | "Breaking Free from Anxiety and Worry" | Philippians 4:6-7, Luke 12:22-29 | We're not doing the ones doing the breaking and freeing; Jesus is. | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/21/10 | "Breaking Free from Blame and Shame" | Genesis 3:1-12, Luke 22:54-62 | Imagining an existence beyond blame and shame | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
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| 2/14/10 | "Marching Off the Map" Sorry, but no copy exists; it was preached from notes. | Rev. Tom Tewell | ||
| 2/7/10 | "Handing It On" | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | 53,265 missional touches | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/31/10 | "A Still More Excellent Way" | 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 | More excellent than gifts, goals, lists, achievements, programs, and traditions | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/24/10 | "Body Parts" | 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 | Unimaginable interconnectedness | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/17/10 | "Water to Wine" | John 2:1-11 | A glimpse of what Jesus does when nobody is looking | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/10/10 | "A Recommitment to Christ and Christ's Mission" | John 15:1-8 | Every member in prayer and ministry | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| ------ "Tough Questions" Sermon Series ------ | ||||
| 12/6/09 | "Where is God in Addiction?" | Luke 3:1-6 | Where isn't God in addiction? | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/15/09 | "Does Doubt Diminish Faith?" | Mark 9:14-24 | If you never dig for what you believe won't be there, you won't find it. | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/8/09 | "How Much Is Enough?" | Hebrews 11:32-12:3 | The cliff that keeps calling because beyond the cliff is the heart of God | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/1/09 | "Is There Life After Death?" | John 11:32-44 | Beholding resurrection life | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 10/25/09 | "How Good Do I Have to Be?" | Ephesians 2:8-9 | What if we didn't have to be good? | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 10/18/09 | "Why Do We Pray?" | Proverbs 3:5-6 | The Spirit's nice and all that, but wouldn't we prefer an action plan? | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 10/11/09 | "Where Was God When _____?" | Job 38:1-13, 18 | And what if we don't get to know? | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
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| 9/27/09 | "Have Salt in Yourself" | Mark 9:38-50 | An overwhelming taste of cinnamon | Rev. Deedra Rich |
| 9/20/09 | "God's Love Language" | Mark 9:30-37 | The verbs and nouns and adjectives of God’s love language | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/13/09 | "Nuts! (The Gospel in a Nutshell)" | Mark 8:27-37 | The shock absorber beneath faith's rocky ride | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/23/09 | "A Bouquet of Blessings" | Ephesians 6:10-20 | Jill's first sermon after her sabbatical, and her "whole armor of God" | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/9/09 | "Grieving As Those Who Have Hope" | 2 Samuel 18; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 | Minimum protection but maximum support. | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 8/2/09 | "Outdone by Grace" | 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13; John 6:24-35 | Our sins aren't that amazing or interesting, compared to the grace of God. | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 7/19/09 | "Walls" | 2 Samuel 7:1-14a, Ephesians 2:11-22 | When you really don't understand God, you do. | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 7/12/09 | "Who's in Control?" | 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19, Mark 6:14-29 | Learning that God is in control | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 7/5/09 | "Establishing a Kingdom" | 2 Samuel 5:1-10, Mark 6:1-13 | From an exclusive beginning to an expansive vision | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 6/28/09 | "Generosity" | 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 | Paul's gutsy fundraising | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 6/21/09 | "Goliath is Big (But God is Bigger)" | 1 Samuel 17, Mark 4:35-41 | "Love made me an inventor." | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 6/14/09 | "The Potential for Greatness" | 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13, Mark 4:26-32 | A future that is not determined by your past. | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 6/7/09 | "More Than We Can Name or Know" | Isaiah 6:1-8, John 3:1-17 | Cooperating and loving in God's Triune image. | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 5/31/09 | "Is the Church Safe?" | Ezekiel 37:1-14, Acts 2:1-21 | Bible studies are even safer, though. | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 5/24/09 | "Testimony" | Acts 1:15-17, 21-26, 1 John 5:9-13 | I know that he is alive because he lives in me. | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 5/17/09 | "Sabbath Time" | Deuteronomy 5:12-16, Mark 2:23-3:6 | A practice that sets us free. | Rev. Kimberly L. Clayton |
| 5/3/09 | "Whose Shepherd?" | Psalm 23, John 10:11-18 | Two views of the Lord as shepherd | Rev. David L. Petersen |
| 4/12/09 | "The Boulder's Tale" | John 20:1-18 | The first Easter really rocked | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/29/09 | "Got Light?" | John 12:27-36 | Being the light for each other | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/22/09 | "Bigger than We Think" | John 3:11-21 | We love definitions and goals and programs, but God is bigger | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/15/09 | "Foolishness?" | 1 Corinthians 1:15-25 | What we're up to is foolishness, but it will save us. | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/1/09 | "What Wisdom Now?" | Mark 1:9-15 | Back to the beginning of the cycle | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/15/09 | "The Wow Factor" | Mark 1:40-45 | God is "for" us. Beyond that, we don't know what to expect | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/1/09 | "Idols" | 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 | Knowledge, sacrifice, and food | Ashley Lage |
| 1/25/09 | "Go Fish!" | Mark 1:14-20 | The purpose of the church is evangelism. If we have to. We guess. | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/18/09 | "Listen for It!" | 1 Samuel 3:1-20 | God is calling us to be both Samuel and Eli | Rev. Jill Tolbert |
| 1/11/09 | "God Bless This Mess!" | Acts 19:1-7, Mark 1:4-11 | Not dependent on who we are or what we do | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/4/09 | "Wakey, Wakey, Rise and Shine!" | Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 60:1-6 | Offering back to God the very best | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 12/21/08 | "Conked Out on the Hay" | Luke 1:26-38 | Trusting that what God has begun in us will be brought to completion | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 12/6/08 | "Be Kind to your Shadow Day" | Mark 1:1-8 | Try being kind to your badness for one day, to see what happens | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/30/08 | "Naming the Darkness" | Psalm 80, Mark 13:24-37 | Lament | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/16/08 | "What, Invest Now?" | Matthew 25:21-28 | Becoming an anti-anxiety community | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/9/08 | "Got Oil?" | Matthew 25:1-13 | A torch for Jesus and the oil to light it | Rev. Larry Owens |
| 11/2/08 | "We're All In This Together" | Hebrews 11:29-36, 39, 12:1-4 | Tearing a page from the Bible | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 10/19/08 | "But You Promised!" | Matthew 15:21-28 | Claiming Jesus' promise even when you think he has forgotten | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 10/12/08 | "RSVP" | Matthew 22:1-14 | God's invitation requires an RSVP and change of clothes | Ashley Lage |
| 10/5/08 | "Do You Mean Us, Jesus?" | Matthew 21:33-46 | Two views of a parable | Jill Oglesby Evans and Mary Kiriaku |
| 9/28/08 | "Let's Get Going!" | Matthew 21:23-32 | Not who we are but where we're going | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/21/08 | "Get Over Your Bad Self" | Matthew 20:1-16 | Resentment in the vineyard | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/14/08 | "Don't Forgive Too Soon" | Matthew 18:21-35 | Moving at one's own pace through the stages of healthy forgiveness | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/24/08 | "This Summer's Saints" | Ephesians 1:15-19 | An invitation to enter with passion and imagination | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/17/08 | "Ecstatic Love" | Song of Songs 1:1-4, 4:1-7, Matthew 22:34-40 | Jalal ad-Din Rumi | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/3/08 | "Loving Dominion" | Genesis 1 | Fred Myers | Diane Hunter |
| 7/27/08 | "Dying and Living in Christ" | Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 | Sadhu Sundar Singh | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/20/08 | "My Life Is My Message" | Romans 8:5-6, 12-17 | Mahatma Gandhi | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/13/08 | "Take Up Your Cross" | Luke 9:23-24 | Helen Keller | Diane Hunter |
| 7/6/08 | "News Right Fresh From Heaven" | Matthew 13:1-9 | Johnny Appleseed | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/29/08 | "Go" | John 20:11-18 | Mary Magdalene | Diane Hunter |
| 6/22/08 | "A Separate Peace" | Matthew 10:26-31 | Anne Frank | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/8/08 | "Ain't I a Woman?" | Micah 6:6-8 | Sojourner Truth | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/1/08 | "Anam Cara (Soul Friend)" | Matthew 7:21-29 | Introduction to the summer saints series | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/18/08 | "What's to Know About the Trinity?" | 1 Corinthians 13:9-13 | God is for us, God is with us, God is in us. | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/4/08 | "Coming to Know God" | Ephesians 1:15-23 | Wisdom, revelation, and volleyball | Rev. Deedra Rich |
| 4/20/08 | "The Water of Life" | various | Stewardship of water | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/13/08 | "The Good Shepherd" | John 10:1-10 | Judean shepherds led not with the stick but with the carrot | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/6/08 | "Seein' Jesus" | Luke 24:13-35 | Worship: a weekly laundry that returns our faculties clean and folded | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/30/08 | "The Sunday After" | John 20:19-31 | We will only find hope and grow in faith when we have doubts | Rev. Jonathan Scanlon |
| 3/23/08 | "Nabbed by Truth" | Matthew 28:1-10 | If I can just do __________, I'll experience spiritual truth | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/17/08 | "We Think We Know" | John 3:1-12 | Nicodemus must be laughing at us | Rev. Deedra Rich |
| 2/10/08 | "If We Only Knew..." | John 4:3-30, 39-42 | Looking for information and finding living water | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/3/08 | "Until the Day Dawns..." | 2 Peter 1:16-21 | Attentive to even the faintest glow | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/27/08 | "Like Moths to a Flame" | Matthew 4:12-23 | Attracted to light, but moths prefer circling in the safety of the adjacent darkness | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 12/9/07 | "Letters from an Onlooker" | Matthew 3:1-12 | Meeting John the Baptist | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 12/2/07 | "Renew, Rebuild, Rebirth - A Mission Week in NOLA" | Isaiah 43 | Stories from the New Orleans mission trip | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/25/07 | "Christ the King" | Colossians 1:11-20 | Reconnecting with Christ the King living within and among us | Rev. Deedra Rich |
| 10/14/07 | "A Presbyterian Leper" | Luke 17:11-19 | A parable that is a much shorter and more entertaining version of Calvin's Institutes | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 10/7/07 | "Changing the Subject" | Revelation 22:1-7 | Leaves of the Tree for the healing of the nations | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/30/07 | "A Word of Hope" | Jeremiah 32, Luke 16:19-31 | Let us listen and respond to the word of the God in our lives. | Rev. Deedra Rich |
| 9/23/07 | "The Parable of the Dishonest Steward" | Luke 16:1-13 | Huh??? | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/16/07 | "Our Searching God (II)" | Jeremiah 4, Luke 15:1-10 | Forever pursuing the one who is lost, that's our God. | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/9/07 | "Calculate the Cost" | Jeremiah 18-19, Luke 14:25-33 | Giving us the chance to bail on the way to the cross. | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/26/07 | "This Summer's Saints" | Ephesians 1:15-19 | God wants more from us. And then gives it back with great joy. | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/19/07 | "Lover of Jesus, lover of humanity" | Galatians 2:20 | Mother Teresa: We can do no great things – only small things with great love | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/05/07 | "Howard Thurman" | Howard Thurman: Let your lives be a supreme spiritual offering to God | Rev. Cecelya Taylor | |
| 7/22/07 | "Militant Pacifist and Weighty Friend" | Matthew 5:14-16, Proverbs 20:27 | Rufus Jones: What wonderful work do you suppose God cannot do...without us? | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/15/07 | "Jewish Saint of the Cross" | Luke 9:23-24, 1 Cor 1:18, 22-23 | Edith Stein: The way of the Cross | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/8/07 | "Divine Eccentric" | Ephesians 3:14-20 | Caryll Houselander: Accept oneself as one is | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/1/07 | "A Universal Heart" | Colossians 1:15-20 | Father Bede Griffiths: How big are we willing to allow our God to be? | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/27/07 | "A Hazelnut of Hope" | Romans 8:35,37-38 | Julian of Norwich: All manner of things shall be well | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/17/07 | "A Servant's Journey" | Ephesians 4:1-16 | Filling up at the gas stations on life's journey | Rev. Deedra Rich |
| 6/10/07 | "Feeding the Other" | 1 Kings 17:8-16 | Even in our testiness or imperiousness, we can feed each other | Rev. David L. Petersen |
| 6/3/07 | "Access to Grace" | Romans 5:1-5 | Introduction to the summer saints series | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/20/07 | "A Fresh Touch" | Acts 2:1-21 | How the Holy Spirit somehow grabs our attention and fires us back up | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/6/07 | "A Divine Insistence" | Revelation 21:1-6 | God is making all things new | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/29/07 | "Blessed Assurance" | Revelation 7:9-17 | The role of revelation (Music to listen to while reading the sermon) | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/8/07 | "What's It to You?" | Luke 24:1-12 | Grappling with the empty tomb isn't easy | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/25/07 | "An Extravagant Response" | John 12:1-8 | Mary's offering of all she has and all she is | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/18/07 | "The Parable of the Loving Father" | Luke 15:11b-32 | The father's love has no limit | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/11/07 | "A Holy Impatience" | Luke 13:1-9 | Believing in God's goodness more than we believe in our badness | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/4/07 | "All in God's Time" | Luke 13:31-35 | Meltdown of a Messiah with moxie | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/25/07 | "Wrestling with the Wilderness" | Luke 4:1-13 | Both the Spirit and Satan teach us about our deepest selves | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/18/07 | "A Glimpse of Glory" | Exodus 34:29-35, Luke 9:28-36 | Trying to call God back to the mountain | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/28/07 | "The Language of God's Call" | Jeremiah 1:4-10 | The airwaves around here practically shimmer with divine chatter | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/21/07 | "The Auto Body of Christ" | 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 | One fully functional vehicle | Robert Butker |
| 1/14/07 | "A Recommitment to Christ" | John 15:1-8 | An invitation to set an intention to trust God | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 1/7/07 | "Epiphany" | Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 60:1-6 | Fulfilment, conflict and contrasting images | Rev. Johnson Kinyua |
| 12/31/06 | "Joy" | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 | The joy of knowing the Lord Jesus Christ | Rev. Johnson Kinyua |
| 12/24/06 | "What Are We Expecting?" | Luke 1:26-38 | Saying yes to the disruptive fluttering of God's new life within us | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 12/10/06 | "In the Wilderness, Prepare the Way" | Isaiah 40:1-6, Luke 3:1-18 | When we've lost our way, the way out is not ours but God's | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/26/06 | "True Facts" | John 18:33-38 | Christ as King in John's gospel | Rob McClellan |
| 11/19/06 | "Going Forward - A Summary of Natural Church Development" | Hebrews 10:35-39, 11:1-3 | One plants, another waters, and God gives the increase | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/12/06 | "The Risk of the Rich" | Hebrews 10:19-25, Mark 12:41-44 | The richness of risking for faith | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 11/05/06 | "How Great a Cloud of Loving Relationships" | Mark 12:28-34 | Loving relationships in the church across time | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 10/29/06 | "Functional Structures - What's the Point?" | Luke 6:17-31 | Letting the Holy Spirit make us nimble and responsive | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 10/22/06 | "Holistic Small Groups - Companions on the Journey" | Luke 7:1-10 | Resources for connection | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 10/15/06 | "Needs-Oriented Evangelism - The Hidden Depths of Many a Heart" | Matthew 28:16-20 | Adding a portion of our hearts to the ever-expanding heart of God | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/24/06 | "Passionate Spirituality - A Roller Coaster Ride" | Mark 9:30-37 | What is it worth to us to draw near to God? | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/17/06 | "A Sofa with Holes - or - What's God Up to Through You? - Gift-Oriented Ministry" | 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 | Choosing to do things that feel true, that align with who we are and how God is calling us | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/10/06 | "An Ocean of Possibilities - Empowering Leadership" | Mark 4:26-29, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 | What matters first is not programs or tasks but the boundless ocean of God's Spirit | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 9/03/06 | "Whose Call Is It?" | Mark 7:1-16 | The call that is between you and God | Bobbie Epting |
| 8/27/06 | "A Summary of Saints" | Ephesians 1:15-23 | The calling to embody our own style of Christian witness for our time | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/20/06 | "Resting in God - Father Thomas Keating" | Psalm 46, 1 Kings 19:9-13 | Showing up and shutting up long enough to be present to the Word - or the silence - of God | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/13/06 | "Falling in Love - St. Clare of Assisi" | 1 John 4:7-12, 16b | Falling in love and learning to persevere in love | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/6/06 | "St. Francis of Assisi - A New Heart" | Ezekiel 36:22a, 23-28 | A courageous fool for Christ | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/30/06 | "St. Biff" | Ephesians 3:14-21 | Caring enough to risk being lovingly honest | Carolyn Christie |
| 7/23/06 | "Dorothy Day (1897-1980) - A Life Aligned with the Gospel" | Matthew 25:31-46 | Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and welcoming the stranger | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/9/06 | "Hail Mary...On the Move" | Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 | The call to grow what God seeds within us | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/2/06 | "St. John of the Cross - The Dark Night of the Soul" | Ephesians 1:3-14 | The depth and pain and gifts of the path through the desert | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/25/06 | "Teresa of Avila - A Passion for God" | 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 | A lively, juicy, life-giving love affair with God | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/18/06 | "Paying Attention to the Saints" | Mark 4:24-34 | Saints: proof that the gospel can be lived | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/11/06 | "Orthodoxy vs. Intimacy" | Romans 8:12-17 | Tackling the doctrine of the Trinity | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/04/06 | "Pentecost: Celebrating our Differences" | Acts 2 | Like an African marketplace, Pentecost brought people into community despite their differences | Rev. Johnson Kinyua |
| 5/28/06 | "You Must Choose, but Choose Wisely" | Acts 1:15-26 | Decision making | Sara Varnado |
| 5/21/06 | "The Spirit of Truth" | Acts 10:44-48, John 15:9-17, 26-27 | The Presbyterian heritage of loving God with an educated mind | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/14/06 | "Safely to Abide" | 1 John 4:13-19, Acts 8:26-40, John 15:1-12 | Calm, courage, and grace in the face of life's impermanence | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/7/06 | "How Far Will You Go?" | Acts 4:5-12, 1 John 3:16-24 | Going beyond our competence and our project management skills - to passionate spirituality | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/30/06 | "God's Beloved Blockheads" | Luke 24:36b-48 | Alternating between moments of revelation and moments of total cluelessness | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/16/06 | "The Story of Our Faith" | John 20:1-18 | The grace of new eyes | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/2/06 | "The Wisdom of the Secret Heart" | John 12:20-33, Jeremiah 31:34 | Knowledge not studied but given as a gift (most often, regrettably, through suffering) | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/26/06 | "Extravagant Salvation" | John 3:14-21 | "God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things..." | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/19/06 | "Beside the Point" | John 2:13-22 | A slap in the face of our relentless busyness | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/12/06 | "A Design Flaw" | Mark 8:31-38 | Seeing past the flaws in the design of "human things" to the perfection of "divine things" | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/5/06 | "The Wisdom of the Wilderness" | Mark 1:9-15 | There is wisdom to be found in life's wildernesses | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/1/06 | "Ash Wednesday Meditation" | - | Seeds of new life in the soil of the grave | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/5/06 | "Purpose" | Genesis 22:1-14, Luke 15:11-32 | Moving beyond childhood to become a spiritual parent | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 1/29/06 | "Power Struggle" | Mark 1:21-28 | The battle between good and evil within us | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 1/22/06 | "The Call to Follow" | Jonah 1:1-5, 10, Mark 1:14-20 | What is your calling? | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 1/15/06 | "When the Lord Speaks" | 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-21, John 1:45-51 | Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 1/8/06 | "Called to Serve" | Exodus 3:1-12, Acts 13:1-3, Mark 1:9-11 | The calling of church elders | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 1/1/06 | "One Last Visit to the Manger" | Matthew 2 | If we listen and study the signs | Adam Phelan |
| 12/11/05 | "Fear Not" | Luke 2:1-20 | Courage | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 12/11/05 | "The Peace of God" | Isaiah 11:1-10 | Peace | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 12/04/05 | "The Gift of Repentance" | Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8 | Having to encounter John the Baptist on the road to Christmas | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 11/27/05 | "Waiting with Hope" | Isaiah 64:1-9, Mark 13:24-37 | Living in between times | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 11/20/05 | "In Everything Give Thanks" | Psalm 100, 1 Thes. 5:12-22 | Accepting each moment as a gift | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 11/13/05 | "The Pace of the People of God" | Matthew 25:1-13 | Doing the work of faith even when there seems to be no end in sight | Adam Phelan |
| 11/06/05 | "The Courage to Risk" | Matthew 25:14-30 | The greatest risk of all is not to care enough to risk | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 10/30/05 | "Is Christ in You?" | Matthew 23:1-12 | Hypocrisy | John Mayden |
| 10/23/05 | "What is Most Important?" | Matthew 22:34-40 | Love gives life meaning | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 10/16/05 | "God's Stuff" | Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Chronicles 29:10-20 | We owe God the coin of God's realm | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 10/9/05 | "At the Table in the Kingdom of God" | Matthew 22:1-14 | The parable of the wedding banquet | Adam Phelan |
| 10/2/05 | "When the Gospel Becomes an Irritating Word" | Matthew 21:33-46 | The only right we have in the Kingdom is to obey and to serve | Rev. Larry Owens |
| 9/25/05 | "The Lesson of the Geese" | 1 Corinthians 12:14-27 | Each person has an important role in the community | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 9/18/05 | "Abundance" | Matthew 14:13-21 | Scarcity transformed into abundance | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 9/11/05 | "God is our Refuge and Strength" | Isaiah 24:18-20, Romans 8:18-27 | When evil shakes the foundations | Rev. Charlie Landreth |
| 9/4/05 | "A Long Night's Journey into Day" | Exodus 12, Romans 13 | Passover | Rev. Ike Brighton |
| 8/28/05 | "So What's Next? A Couple Laundry Lists" | Romans 12:9-21 | Jill's loving data dump | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 8/14/05 | "To the Saints at Emory" | 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 | We are called to be saints | Rev. Sharon Taylor |
| 8/7/05 | "Yours in Faith and Expectation - Clarence Jordan" | Luke 11, 13 | The door of all-out commitment | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/31/05 | "Bill W - Saint for Sobriety" | Ephesians 2:1-10 | God loves us even when we are dead through our trespasses | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/24/05 | "Hildegard of Bingen - Pioneer of the Spirit" | Matthew 13:31-33, 44-45 | We are living sparks of God's splendor, co-creators with God | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 7/17/05 | "Thomas Merton - A Modern Day Mystic" | 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 | Hold onto beliefs loosely, but practice them faithfully | Adam Phelan |
| 7/10/05 | "Do Not Be Afraid - This is the Pentecost" | Acts 2:1-13, Psalm 67 | Being together, with all our differences, is the door to the outpouring of the Spirit | Rev. Emilio Talamonte |
| 7/3/05 | "Therese of Lisieux - The Little Way" | Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 | Doing little things for the love of God | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/26/05 | "St. Gus - 4th Century Bad Boy" | Romans 7:14-25 | Difficult faith journey of a brilliant man | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 6/19/05 | "Living the Gospel - The Example of the Saints" | Matthew 10:24-29 | Saints, for us of the Reformed tradition | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/29/05 | "Conquering the World" | 1 John 5:1-6 | War, remembrance, and confession | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/22/05 | "A Holy Conundrum" | Matthew 28:16-20 | The Trinity | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/15/05 | "God's Wild Card" | Acts 2:1-21 | Pentecost | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 5/8/05 | "Suffering" | 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 | Together in suffering for Christ | Catherine Cavazos |
| 5/1/05 | "A Mess of a Man of God" | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | Paul: "By the grace of God I am what I am" (warts and all) | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/24/05 | "The Story We Live By" | John 14:1-14 | Truth in stories? Prometheus, Our Lady of Chains, and Jesus | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/10/05 | "Ghosts Don't Eat" | Luke 24:36-42 | It's funny what we think we know, until Jesus actually materializes | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 4/03/05 | "Christ Is Risen, So What" | John 20:19-22 | Receiving the Holy Spirit | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/27/05 | "Ta DAH!" | John 20:1-18 | Not perceiving the risen Jesus | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/20/05 | "What Do You Expect?" | John 12:12-16 | On the precipice of Holy Week | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 3/13/05 | "Believe and You Shall See" | John 11:1-45 | Hope from God during a tragic accident | Susan Roberts |
| 3/6/05 | "Quiet Dynamite" | John 12:1-8 | Quiet Mary of Bethany | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/27/05 | "If You Knew the Gift" | John 4:3-42 | Living water for our thirst | Rev. Sharon Taylor |
| 2/20/05 | "Why Are You Afraid?" | Matthew 8:18, 23-27 | Disciples' fear and God's sovereignty over chaos | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/15/05 | "How Tempting..." | Matthew 4:1-11 | Temptation in the wilderness | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
| 2/6/05 | "An Elemental Faith" | Micah 6:18 | Clean underwear and the little and big meanings of rules | Rev. Jill Oglesby Evans |
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