This sermon makes a connection between light (what the holiday of Epiphany is all about) and healing in our world. How do we think about healing, and how do the healing stories of Jesus help us make sense of it? How do stories like these shed light on who Jesus is, what He is about and what it means to follow Him?
Audio of Sermon: 1/5/2020 Epiphany: Healing: Where Do Our Lives Need Light?
Rev. Dottie LaPenta joins COA today and after our Advent focus on Mary, the mother of Jesus, turns our attention to Joseph, His adopted father.
Audio of Sermon: 12/29/2019: Don’t just do something: Stand there! A Guest Sermon on Joseph
This week we explore the bold and revolutionary side of Mary in her “song” that we call the Magnificat. Mary shows in these words that she understands who Jesus will be—not only for her personally (chosen and blessed), but also for the whole world longing for justice.
This week we continue thinking about what it would have been like to watch Jesus’ ministry through the eyes of His mother Mary. In particular, how would it feel to watch opposition grow as He preaches a scandalous and upside Kingdom and redefines ideas like family? Pray and consider these things with us this season…
