Sermon: “A Colossian Copernicus”, Ecclesiastes 1:12-14, 2:18-23/Colossians 3:1-11 (July 31, 2022)

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“The world doesn’t revolve around you, you know.” We all recognize the literal and figurative truth of this statement in theory, but our human nature struggles to accept it at times. Although we know that we’re no more important than anyone else and that there are factors beyond our own wants and needs that drive society, our personal experience is the most complete data set we have access to, so of course our own concerns are usually at the forefront of our minds.

Sermon: "Finding Our Center", Hosea 11:1-11/Colossians 3:1-11 (August 4, 2019)

I’m tired. Is anyone else here tired? I don’t mean “tired” like “I stayed up way too late last night finishing this sermon and am looking forward to my Sunday nap” tired. I mean “tired” as in “Everything feels hopeless” tired. As in “How long, O Lord?” tired. As in “I don’t even know where to start” tired. It may sound like I’m being overly dramatic, but how many of YOU have felt this way, at least once, over the last year or so? Most of us, I bet, at one time or another. It feels like it’s gotten to the point where you could spend all day every day fighting for what you believe is right and never feel like you’ve made any difference at all. There’s just too much that’s wrong in our world. It’s overwhelming and disorienting.