When Jesus’s was baptized the heavens opened up. When he was teaching in the synagogue for the first time he commanded an unclean spirit out of a person. Life as we know it totally changed when Jesus started his ministry. God was showing his power through his son. Jesus told his disciples that they would…
A Place of Grace
Sermons (Page 54)
The first chapter of the Gospel of St. Mark tells of Jesus calling out to others to leave what they are doing and follow him. On this 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, Pastor Eric shared some of the different ways that Jesus has called out to him throughout his life, beginning as a child at Camano…
God was absurdly un-strategic when he entered the world. People expected to find him as a King in a palace, or at least born into a wealthy, well-connected family. Instead, he was born in a barn to a dirt-poor father and mother who were bewildered and exhausted. Then the family moves to the small unremarkable…
Today at St. Mark it was all about the water. During Pastor Eric’s children’s sermon, he gave the kids each a small tree branch, had them dip it in the font and go out into the congregation and share the water with swooping sprinkles…in essence to remember our baptism. It’s all about the water. We…
On this Second Sunday of Christmas, one of our St. Mark youth, Lisha, shared the Gospel of Matthew 5:13-16. In part, it says…“Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works, and give glory to your father in heaven.” God’s grace frees us to care, and to do good works.…
This first Sunday after Christmas was a one service day. We heard lessons and sang Christmas carols and heard the story of their individual creation. During children’s time, John Martin talked about and then read us the story of one man’s awakening to the meaning of Jesus being born in a manger. It has to…
Merry Christmas! Pastor Eric quoted what Pastor Beth recently said…..” We are all part of the Holy Family. We need each other and we can’t do it alone.” Listen to hear how this is part of the Christmas story. Christmas Eve
Life is not always easy. We long for “the light”. We desperately want to remember that “the light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not overcome it”. God always comes to us, often unannounced, and especially in the midst of the storm, to point us towards the light. During this time of year,…
On this Third Sunday of Advent we have no mention of shepherds nor angels but of John the Baptist who was a voice of one crying out in the wilderness pointing us to Jesus. Pastor Beth read Andrew King’s poem ‘Voice of John’ and suggested that at this time of year, when we have long,…
The beginning of the Gospel of Mark is the beginning of the good news. John the Baptist the truth-teller, says “Something is coming and it is big”! Throughout the chapter, the theme is…Jesus is always ahead of us, and God will be waiting. God’s grace is waiting, regardless. It is available to everyone, especially if you…