Dylan Parson
Summary Rev. Dylan Parson begins the sermon by describing how he discovered as a child that falling asleep made long car trips go by faster. As a kid, Rev. Parson would try to distract himself on road trips by bringing lots of books, music, etc. However, distraction came at the
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God Is Still Speaking I don’t think we often believe it deep down, but God is still speaking. God is still calling. God is leaving signs for you in your life, waiting for you to see them. God’s Promise To Moses And God even tells Moses something that
Peg Bowman
Summary This Fairhaven Sermon by Peg Bowman explores the history and significance of Sabbath from the Old Testament through Jesus’s life. It starts by summarizing the origins of Sabbath in Genesis, where God rested on the 7th day after creating the world. God intended Sabbath to be a time
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Jesus Answers Questions About Sabbath Jesus answers the question in the style of a rabbi, by answering from the law and the prophets. Jesus is not troubled by this conversation, by the way, and neither is the rest of the group, because expressing differences of opinion and posing questions to
Dylan Parson
Summary In this sermon, the Pastor Dylan Parson discusses Jesus’ interaction with a Canaanite woman in the Gospel of Matthew. The pastor explains that Christians often view themselves as the “hero” or “main character” when reading Bible stories, but in this case, we are not the children of Israel – we
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Main Character Syndrome This story has something to say to you. A friend of mine pointed out that when reading scripture, Christians often have a terrible case of what kids these days call main character syndrome. I don’t know how many of you are familiar with that phrase. But
Peg Bowman
Summary In this weeks sermon on the Sabbath, Rev. Peg Bowman uses a Star Wars analogy to frame her exploration of how the concept of the Sabbath evolved in the Old Testament period. Just as the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, connects the beginning and end of
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We also saw that Sabbath is related to freedom, freedom from slavery, freedom to say no to anyone in power over us once every seven days. This week in week two, we saw that God used manna to teach the people to trust in God’s provision and not hoard.
Dylan Parson
The sermon explores the theme of spiritual maturity and identity formation through the Biblical story of Jacob wrestling with God. Pastor Dylan describes how Jacob begins his life driven by self-interest, manipulating others and disconnected from God. After encountering God in a vision, Jacob begins a journey of growth, though
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The Full Sermon can be viewed here. Life happens, we grow, we change. Over time, some of us might as well become a new person entirely. And I would argue that’s actually exactly what Jesus calls us to over a lifetime of discipleship and growth. By the end of
Dylan Parson
This week we were not able to record and share a new sermon, so we wanted to highlight some moments from last week’s sermon. We excerpted three shorts under 60 seconds each from Rev. Parson’s sermon. Let us know if these shorts resonate and are worth the extra
Dylan Parson
Summary In this sermon, Rev. Dylan Parson discusses the biblical story of Jacob and his vision of the ladder to heaven. Rev. Parson points out that Jacob was a deceitful person who tricked his brother Esau out of his inheritance. Yet even when Jacob is fleeing his brother’s wrath,