Resurrection South Austin

Father Shawn McCain Tirres | August 17, 2025 In this back-to-school season of change, Fr. Shawn challenges us to read the signs in our lives and ask: "What time is it in my discipleship?" Drawing from Jeremiah 23 and Jesus's words about bringing division, he explores how God's peace disrupts corrupt systems and calls us to courageous discipleship, even when it leads to conflict. www.rezaustin.com

Father Shawn McCain Tirres | August 10, 2025 Drawing from Luke's teaching on stewardship, Father Shawn challenges us to examine whether our relationship with money reflects our faith that Christ will return. Through personal stories and practical examples, he explores how God's generous pleasure in giving us the kingdom should transform our approach to wealth and possessions. www.rezaustin.com

Father Shawn McCain Tirres on August 3, 2025 A challenging examination of wealth, poverty, and what it means to be truly rich in God's kingdom. Drawing from Jesus' parable of the rich fool in Luke 12, Father Shawn confronts our society's worship of wealth while revealing God's preferential concern for the poor. He challenges both the wealthy who hoard resources while surrounded by need and calls t...

Scott Madison on July 27th Curate Scott reflects on Luke 11, where Jesus teaches the disciples the Lord's Prayer, and shares his personal journey of running from God's call to ordained ministry. Drawing from C.S. Lewis's insight that "prayer does not change God, but rather, it changes us," Scott reminds us that we are all filled with the Holy Spirit and called to purpose - even when we don't feel...

Welcome back to the 'hit' podcast from Resurrection South Austin featuring hosts Shawn and Melissa interviewing our new curate, Deacon Scott Madison. The conversation covers Scott's journey from a career in radio to ordained ministry, his lifelong involvement in the Episcopal Church, and his discernment process that led him to seminary despite initial resistance. The episode blends casual banter a...

Tashara Angelle on July 20, 2025 In this sermon, Tashara draws from her childhood experience of living without air conditioning in Texas summers to explore Abraham's story of waiting for God's promises in "the heat of the day." She challenges the congregation to move from "resistant hopelessness" to "receptive hopefulness" by literally and figuratively looking up to see the neighbors around them....

Father Shawn McCain Tirres on July 13, 2025 Reflecting on Resurrection South Austin's 10th anniversary, Father Shawn explores Jesus' sending of the 72 disciples with nothing but faith and God's provision. Drawing from his own family's leap of faith in moving from California to start this church, he challenges the congregation to consider how we pursue God's mission - not through worldly means of p...

Father Shawn McCain Tirres on July 6, 2025 In response to recent flooding in Kerrville, Texas, Father Shawn explores Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan and challenges us to expand our definition of "neighbor." Drawing connections between ancient teachings and modern crises, he asks uncomfortable questions about who deserves our love and care. From detention centers to disaster zones, he reimagin...

Father Shawn McCain Tirres on June 29, 2025 In this 'family Sunday' sermon, Father Shawn explores what it means to bear spiritual fruit in our lives when we follow Jesus, using the vivid metaphor of trees that either flourish or remain barren. Through interactive moments with children and relatable analogies like swimming against a whirlpool current, he addresses the real challenge of following Je...

Rev. Janna Osborne on June 22nd, 2025 This sermon explores Luke's account of Jesus healing the demon-possessed man in Gerasene territory, where a herd of pigs rushes into the sea. While the healing brings liberation to one suffering man, the community reacts with fear and asks Jesus to leave. Mother Janna draws powerful parallels to our modern reluctance to embrace the gospel when it threatens est...

Fr Shawn McCain Tirres on Trinity Sunday (June 15, 2025) This Trinity Sunday sermon takes an unconventional approach to one of Christianity's most challenging concepts. Rather than attempting to explain the Trinity as abstract doctrine (which Father Shawn admits often leads to heretical explanations anyway), this message invites listeners to understand God through divine actions throughout history...

Fr Shawn McCain Tirres on Pentecost Sunday (June 8th, 2025) This Pentecost sermon explores how God doesn't just speak our literal language, but communicates with us in every way we grasp truth and reality. The message centers on the "language of love" - the heavenly language of self-giving demonstrated by Jesus that the Spirit empowers ordinary people to speak fluently. Father Shawn challenges the...

Canon Christine M. Faulstich - June 1, 2025 This week we are visited by Canon Christine Faulstich who reflects on the occupational hazards we all face—the temptation to become certain rather than curious, cynical rather than hopeful, and callous rather than compassionate. Drawing from the story of Paul and the possessed slave girl in Acts, she explores how even the apostle Paul sometimes did "the...

Tashara Angelle - May 25, 2025 This Eastertide season sermon explores how God consistently works in ways that defy human expectations and conventional wisdom. Through the stories of the man at the pool of Bethesda and Paul's unexpected encounter with Lydia in Macedonia, the message challenges our tendency to exhaust ourselves trying to "fix" everything through our own efforts. The sermon addresses...

Fr Shawn McCain Tirres - May 18, 2025 Acts 11:1-18 | Psalm 148 | Revelation 21:1-6 |John 13:31-35 We’re so glad you’re here! Get in touch: https://rezaustin.churchcenter.com/people/forms/85960 Support our ministry: rezaustin.com/give This is a community for everyone and all of life’s questions. This is a place where Jesus welcomes, shapes, and sends disciples for the good of our neighborhood. No m...

Fr Shawn McCain Tirres - May 11, 2025 This Good Shepherd Sunday sermon offers an honest and vulnerable reflection on what it means to need a shepherd in today's uncertain world. Pastor Shawn begins by acknowledging the difficult state of our world and our personal lives, exploring why the ancient metaphor of God as shepherd remains deeply relevant for modern believers. This sermon will resonate wi...

Rev. Janna Osborne - May 4, 2025 This sermon explores how the risen Christ appears in our lives, often when we least expect it. Drawing parallels between the liberation of Denmark in 1945, Saul's transformation on the road to Damascus, and the disciples' encounter with Jesus by the sea, we examine what it means to have the 'scales fall from our eyes' and recognize Christ's presence. The sermon cha...

Father Ryan Boetcher - April 27, 2025 (Second Sunday of Easter) Father Ryan's sermon explores different reactions to Jesus' resurrection as depicted in John 20 and Acts 5. He examine how the disciples initially hid behind locked doors in fear, Thomas's honest desire to see embodied proof, and the high priests' fearful suppression of the resurrection message. The sermon highlights Jesus' response o...

Fr Shawn McCain Tirres Easter Sunday - April 20, 2025 In this Easter message, Father Shawn explores how the historic reality of Christ's resurrection transforms our present struggles. Drawing from Luke's gospel and the 10th anniversary of Resurrection South Austin, he invites us to receive a 'living hope' that confronts the darkness of our world. This sermon challenges us to not merely speak of re...

Fr Shawn McCain Tirres April 18, 2025 - Good Friday Why is a day of crucifixion called "Good" Friday? Father Shawn challenges common misconceptions about the cross, revealing how God's love confronts the powers of evil, sin, and death. Rather than portraying an angry deity demanding punishment, discover how the cross demonstrates God's radical love—a love so good it's terrifying—and what it means...

Deacon Courtney Greene Maundy Thursday - April 17, 2025 This Maundy Thursday sermon explores Jesus's last meal with his disciples before his crucifixion. Reflecting on why we gather for communion, the message examines our spiritual hunger, Jesus's act of feeding his followers through both bread and humble service, and our calling to nourish others with whatever gifts we have to share. A timely med...

Palm Sunday - April 13, 2025 At the beginning of Holy Week, we commemorating Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem before his death and resurrection. Palm Sunday is a reminder that all that is to come in Holy Week is a reminder that Christ is King, as the prophets declared centuries earlier: “Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey.”...

April 6, 2025 Today's Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21, Psalm 126, Philippians 3:4b-14, John 12:1-8 We are a community for everyone and all of life’s questions. This is a place where Jesus welcomes, shapes, and sends disciples for the good of our neighborhood. No matter where you are in life, this is a place for you. If you would like to connect click here: bit.ly/3RiftL1 At Rez, generosity is part of fo...

Family Sunday - March 30, 2025 Today's Readings: Joshua 5:9-12 | Psalm 32 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 We are a community for everyone and all of life’s questions. This is a place where Jesus welcomes, shapes, and sends disciples for the good of our neighborhood. No matter where you are in life, this is a place for you. If you would like to connect click here: bit.ly/3RiftL1 At Re...

March 23, 2025 We’re so glad you’re here! Get connected with us at. this link: bit.ly/3RiftL1 Today's Readings: Exodus 3:1-15 | Psalm 63:1-8 | 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 | Luke 13:1-9 This is a community for everyone and all of life’s questions. This is a place where Jesus welcomes, shapes, and sends disciples for the good of our neighborhood. No matter where you are in life, this is a place for you. I...