Sermons by Rebecca Messman
Read It Again: Daniel and the Lion’s Den
About this sermon series We are going to read it again, God, this story of yours, of ours. We pray that you’ll speak anew, afresh, aloud, so that that which we once knew will be illumined by what you’re saying today. You are here. We are listening. Amen. Daniel 6:1-28 6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom, 2 and over them three administrators, one of whom was Daniel; to these the satraps gave…
Read It Again: Moses and the Burning Bush
About this sermon series Exodus 3:1-15 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. 3 Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and…
Read It Again: Moses in the bulrushes
About the sermon series Exodus 2:1-10 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the…
The Gospel According to Pixar: On Being a Family
About the sermon series John 11:28-35 When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly…
The Gospel According to Pixar: Holding On and Letting Go
About the sermon series Isaiah 43:14-21 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:For your sake I will send to Babylon and break down all the bars, and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentation.I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters,who brings out chariot and horse, army and warrior;they lie down; they cannot rise; they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:Do not remember…
The Gospel According to Pixar: Finding Our Way Home
About the sermon series Luke 15:11-32 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. When he had spent everything, a severe famine took…
The Cure for Imposter Syndrome
Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said:“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” The…
This Is How It Starts
Acts 2:1-13 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. Now…
Show Me Love: The Graph and the Graft
About this sermon series John 15:1-12 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vineyard keeper. He removes any of my branchesthat don’t produce fruit, and he trims any branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit. You are already trimmed because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. A branch can’t produce fruit by itself, but must remain in the vine. Likewise, you can’t…
Show Me Love: First Response
About this sermon series I John 4:7-21 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent…
Show Me Love: Love Is an Action Verb
About this sermon series I John 3:16-24 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us — and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees abrother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth…
Wandering Heart: And I Hope…
About this sermon series Luke 24:1-12 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices thatthey had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you…