Sermons

Current series:

Our experiences of disconnection, loneliness, and hostility are killing us. This is not just an exaggeration; recent research shows social disconnection is connected to earlier mortality, and that loneliness thrives in rich Western and democratic societies… like the United States. We are yearning for connection, to be known, to be loved.

What is the solution to this poverty of loneliness? We find it in the biblical story, through hospitality.

At the center of God's story is hospitality—love of the stranger. In this series, we will see that hospitality is both a posture of the heart and a practice of the hands, making space within ourselves and our lives for the stranger—those who are disconnected, disengaged, disenfranchised, and displaced. The hope is that our hearts will be enlarged to the purposes and action of God on behalf of the stranger, and we will take steps towards active engagement in inviting people to be no longer strangers.