Life Together

Renée offers a contemplation of repentance and the role of contemplation of Christ in being transformed into his likeness.

Karen goes through Holy Week and the Resurrection of Jesus from the perspective of an obscure disciple as an exercise in imaginative contemplation to understand doubting Thomas' perspective.

Yejide preaches on Easter Sunday on Mark's account of the Resurrection, where the women flee the tomb in terror.

A series of reflections by members of the St. John's Community shared during our Good Friday service. Includes Anna Stouffer, Claire McVey, Misty Krasawski, Joe Linger, Giselle Gaylan, and Ryan Mays.

Yejide discusses eschatology and the consistency of God's character across the testaments.

Ryan preaches on Job's suffering and struggle with God.

John preaches on Jesus' admonition that we must take up our own crosses to follow him.

David welcomes the new academic year by preaching on the gifts building up the church, building on James' teaching on faith and works.

Elizabeth explores the story of David's adulterous pursuit of Bathsheba and as a mirror for the story of Joseph and Mary.

Macie preaches on the story of the martyrdom of John the Baptist and contextualizing the ugliness of the story in light of the story of the Church.

Alicia preaches on the importance of waiting on God and accepting his timing with patience, reflecting on the coronation of King David.

Taylor explores Jesus' character of self-giving and sacrifice in the miracles of healing the woman with a flow of blood and Jairus's daughter.

William preaches on God's speech to Job and Jesus stilling the storm.

Robert preaches on the Corinthian church and the challenges posed in Roman culture by Christian commitment.

Michèle preaches on Christian hope and how it informs the mission of the church and shares some from her recent trip to Africa.

Yejide preaches on God's call to Samuel and coming to age in God and baptism.

David preaches on Trinity Sunday, focusing on the work of the Trinity in us, as seen in Romans 8 and John 3.

John preaches on the atonement on the fifth Sunday of Lent, also known as Passion Sunday. He explores how our sin and guilt could possibly be borne by Jesus, when the sin and guilt are ours .

Taylor follows the readings from the week from the wanderings in the wilderness and the serpent Moses raised up to Jesus's discussion of his own sacrifice with Nicodemus in John 3.

John preaches on the mystery of the gospel of Christ crucified, a truth unexpected or even scandalous to the philosophers and theologians of the day.

Kyama preaches on taking up the cross and denying oneself. (Unfortunately, due to some connectivity problems in the church, the beginning of Kayama's sermon was inaudible. This audio picks up when the microphone he was speaking into was started again, about 2 min into the sermon.)

On the first Sunday of Lent, John preaches on the Flood and the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan.

Annette shares an Ash Wednesday meditation on agreeing with God.

Macie preaches on Mark's account of the Transfiguration of Jesus and experiencing the presence of God on less conspicuous occasions.

Paul preaches on the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in the gospel of Mark, the nature of Jesus’ authority, and how it derives from his relationship with the Father.