Sermons by Pastor Sara Funkhouser (Page 31)

When was the last time you went somewhere and were unsure of what was happening? What were you supposed to do? How things worked in this space? Many times in college and Seminary, we heard about the importance of so-called “cross-cultural” interactions. Courses with this designation took students all across the country and around the world, basically anywhere that wasn’t…

Growing up in the land of 10,000 lakes, I spent quite a bit of time out fishing. Whether it was from the neighbor’s dock when visiting my grandparents up north, spending hours in the boat with my dad and grandpa, or even sitting in an icehouse on the frozen lakes during ice fishing season, I learned quite a bit about life and ministry from fishing. Perhaps that is why…

One of the beautiful things about having four Gospels is that we always get different perspectives on the same event. In last week’s Gospel reading from Matthew, it was unclear whether Jesus was the only one who heard God’s voice and saw the Spirit descend like a dove on him after he was baptized, but in this’s reading, John witnessing the Spirit rest on Jesus is…