Sermons & Announcements

For this week’s sermon, Rev. Tim delivered a message from Bolivia on the importance of empathy and standing up for the marginalized.

What happens when God’s will meets our own? Jonah was dragged toward Nineveh through storm and darkness, resisting a mission he never wanted: mercy for Israel’s enemy. But Jesus offered something different. When a rich young man walked away sad, Jesus didn’t chase him down; he let him go with love. And when the crowds turned back, Jesus simply asked the remaining twelve, “Do you want to go too?”

This week we explore the story of Jesus walking on water after feeding the 5,000.

Rather than dwelling on the miracle’s mechanics or the common “have more faith than Peter” reading, Rev. Tim reframes the story as a mirror. Every character in the boat, whether afraid, adventurous, sinking, or amazed, represents a way we experience life’s storms.

In this sermon on the Feeding of the Five Thousand, Rev. Tim begins with Jesus withdrawing to grieve John the Baptist’s execution, choosing solitude over strategy and “rest as resistance.” But the crowds find him anyway, and Jesus meets them with splagchnizomai (σπλαγχνίζομαι), a gut-level compassion that turns scarcity into abundance.

How often do we overlook the small in search of something grand?

In our third week exploring Jesus’s parables, we unpack the Parable of the Mustard Seed—a story about a tiny, seemingly insignificant seed that grows into an expansive place of shelter. From dollhouse miniatures to the overlooked legacy of Abigail Adams, this message explores how “the art of noticing” small details trains us to see hidden truths.