Feb 25, 2018 |
Behind Jesus
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Behind Jesus
“We, if we’re going to follow Jesus, we need to get behind
him and see where he’s going, and that matters for us. Because we keep thinking
we have to make it and earn it and do it right here. The right kind of world
and the right kind of life on our terms, and then the clouds will split, and
God will come down with a big old thumbs up and say “That’s what I was talking
about…”
Mark 8:31-38
Mark 8:31-38
Feb 18, 2018 |
Facing the Wild Beasts
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Facing the Wild Beasts
“What would it be like to watch the ‘other’ news and to tell
oneself – it might need to be a mantra over and over again – ‘This person is
created in the image of God. This person is created in the image of God.’ To
engage, to wrestle with the forces… the forces that make us angry, that make us
judge. To rumble with the wild beasts.”
Mark 1:9-15
Mark 1:9-15
Feb 18, 2018 |
Practice Remembering
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Practice Remembering
“Lent, this season we’re beginning, it’s a time when we’re
taking stock of our relationships. That’s what it’s about. It’s about taking
stock of where we fall short. It’s about taking stock of how we’d like to live
more fully into this relationship with God, into this relationship with our
community – with our loved ones, into the truth of who we are, and part of that
work is the work of remembering.”
Genesis 9:8-17
Genesis 9:8-17
Feb 14, 2018 |
God's Beloved Children
| The Rev. Mitchell Bojarski![The Rev. Mitchell Bojarski](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/mitch_359_small.jpg)
God's Beloved Children
"If we can remember that Lent is a time to see ourselves the way God sees us, in all of the honesty and truth that God sees us, we won't walk out of here today thinking, 'Oh, wow, we're all such horrible sinners,' or 'Oh man, whew. That was a rough one.' If we can remember the psalmist's words we will walk out of here today, and everyday in Lent, and say, 'God loves me. God loves me in my sinfulness and my brokenness. I don't have to hide afraid or ashamed. God loves me as a child.'"
Psalm 51
Psalm 51
Feb 11, 2018 |
Know God, Grow in Love – Annual Meeting Address 2018
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Know God, Grow in Love – Annual Meeting Address 2018
"Change is inevitable. But, if like Jesus, we are attentive
to our past and stay connected to those essentials of our shared life and
identity every change we make will help us know God and grow in love."
Mark 9:2-9
Mark 9:2-9
Feb 04, 2018 |
Saved to Serve
| The Rev. Mitchell Bojarski![The Rev. Mitchell Bojarski](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/mitch_359_small.jpg)
Saved to Serve
"Jesus has come to save us from the power of sin that leaves
our world broken and hurting, and he takes us by the hand and he lifts us up
from that. I, for one, want to serve the one who saved me from death. Not because God has twisted my arm and forced me into service like a slave. I want to serve
this God who has saved me from death like a deacon… like one who willingly
gives of himself out of appreciation for all God has done."
Mark 1:29-39
Mark 1:29-39
Feb 04, 2018 |
Serve to Connect
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Serve to Connect
“The barriers for us in connecting are not usually language,
although it can be […]. Sometimes they’re more political thoughts. Sometimes
they’re more education, life circumstances. Sometimes they’re faith issues.
There are so many ways we can kind of create division between us and someone
else. There are ways we can say ‘Oh, that’s too full… too broad. I can’t cover
that. Let them talk to someone else.’ And yet, following Jesus’s model,
following Paul’s model, that’s exactly what we’re encouraged to do. To connect
with, to serve, to fully get to know and love the people who are sent our way.”
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Mark 1:29-39
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Mark 1:29-39
Jan 28, 2018 |
Information Transformation
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Information Transformation
"There is so much information out there, and much of it is so
good, and can be so good for us. But, sometimes even Christianity, in its years
of being institutionalized and part of the culture, can be too much information.
We can find ourselves caught in cute stories – some of them are transformative
– but other ones simply have us gathering more and more information."
Mark 1:21-28
Mark 1:21-28
Jan 28, 2018 |
Holy Humanity
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Holy Humanity
“Sometimes we hear people say ‘Oh, they’re just human. They’re
only human. We’re only human.’ Jesus shuns that thinking. For Jesus humanity is
not something that we need to rise above or get rid of. For Jesus our humanity
is a gift. It is our humanity that connects us with one another – that connects
us to the God that made us. It is our humanity that Jesus gives back to us. It
is our humanity that we are being begged to recognize in one another.”
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Mark 1:21-28
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Mark 1:21-28
Jan 21, 2018 |
God's Greatest Work
| The Rev. Mitchell Bojarski![The Rev. Mitchell Bojarski](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/mitch_359_small.jpg)
God's Greatest Work
“TV wants you to believe that we’re getting more and more
divided, and bitter, and angry. And, social media seems really content to
facilitate that. But, God is doing a bigger, greater work. God is turning our
hearts toward the people we disagree with… toward the people that we think hate
us… the people who, if we’re being honest, we kind of hate. God is turning
hearts to each other, so we can see each other in love and mercy, instead of in
battle, and fighting and bickering, and issues.”
Jonah 3:1-5, 10
Jonah 3:1-5, 10
Jan 21, 2018 |
The Dance of Discipleship
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
The Dance of Discipleship
"There probably are times when we simply don’t hear the call.
And, it could be that sometimes we are so busy with other things, and that’s
where we need a silent time, not just on Sunday mornings but throughout our
lives and our days and our weeks. The moment of taking a deep breath, reminding
ourselves of God’s presence so that we will choose right action… so that we
will hear the urgency of the gospel, but listen for exactly how God wants us to
fill our days. It is a dance."
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Mark 1:14-20
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Mark 1:14-20
Jan 14, 2018 |
Fully Known, Fully Loved
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Fully Known, Fully Loved
“Before you think about how youre supposed to treat other
people stop for a moment and recognize that you are fearfully and wonderfully
made by the God of all creation. You! You, sitting here right now, as you are,
God knows you… knows you! And looks at you with love and acceptance for where
you are and who you are.”
John 1:43-51
John 1:43-51
Jan 07, 2018 |
Moments of the Spirit
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Moments of the Spirit
“There are also the subtler moments… the nudge, a dream
begging attention, an awareness, an experience of feeling called to do
something different in our lives, something new, or to deepen our involvement in
something old. The challenge for us is to notice these moments. To savor them.
To allow them to guide us in new ways to new beginnings in our own lives.”
*Please note: due to technical difficulties the readings mentioned in the recorded sermon are not included with this podcast.
Genesis 1:1-5
Mark 1:4-11
*Please note: due to technical difficulties the readings mentioned in the recorded sermon are not included with this podcast.
Genesis 1:1-5
Mark 1:4-11
Jan 07, 2018 |
Loved for What
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
Loved for What
“You are loved. What are you gonna do with that love? That’s
the question for today. The question for today is what happens to that love
that belongs to you? Will you hoard it? Will you hide it? Will you sit and let
it just stew? If you’re going to accept the love of God that is in Jesus Christ
will you accept that that love is meant to send you out into this world to spread
it… to spread love and peace… to be a blesser, to be a healer, and a teacher,
and a lover in this world.”
Mark 1:4-11
Mark 1:4-11
Dec 31, 2017 |
More Than Words
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
More Than Words
“But we need to remember that it’s about more. It’s about more than a birth way back then, but
a birth… a stirring… an enfleshment of a word… an active word: the word of
creation, the word of order, of love and relationship between people and
between people and their God. And that word is alive and active in this world.”
John 1:1-18
John 1:1-18
Dec 25, 2017 |
Miracles Still Happen
| The Rev. Joyce Keeshin![The Rev. Joyce Keeshin](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/joyce-keeshin_250_small.jpg)
Miracles Still Happen
“Whatever our circumstance let us keep our eyes open to God
in our midst… to the miracles that are still open to us. Let us keep alert to
miracles whether we find them in gatherings, in strangers’ voices, at a zoo celebrating
a hippo, in a recovery center of young moms and children, in a manger in swaths
of cloth.”
Luke 2:1-14(15-20)
Luke 2:1-14(15-20)
Dec 24, 2017 |
O Little Town of Everywhere
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
O Little Town of Everywhere
“God is born into this world to a bunch of nobodies in a
nobody place in a manger. God is born in this world right now to you, to me, to
us. If in Bethlehem, there, then, here, now God is. There is just as much need
now, as ever there was, for love to be born into this world and to redeem it
and to change it and to bring us closer to who we are meant to be. To bring us
closer to one another. To bring us closer to the God of Love. There is more
need now than ever for us to recognize love’s presence in this world. There is
more need now than ever for us to recognize God working, being born everywhere
we look.”
Luke 2:1-14(15-20)
Luke 2:1-14(15-20)
Dec 24, 2017 |
A Prophet Like Mary
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
A Prophet Like Mary
“The thing about prophets is not that God speaks to them, it’s
that they recognize God’s voice when God speaks. The thing about prophets is
not that they make God show up, it’s that when God shows up they recognize it.
The thing about prophets is not that they make more love happen, it’s that they
know love when they see it. God does not place these prophets… Mary, Jeremiah, Isaiah…
into our lives so that we can say, “Look at them, they sure know a lot.” God
places prophets in our lives so that we can see how God speaks to and through
us as well.”
Luke 1:26-38
Luke 1:26-38
Dec 17, 2017 |
Transformative Joy
| The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene![The Rev. Nancy Hopkins-Greene](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/hopkins-greene-267_417_small.jpg)
Transformative Joy
“Joy is about transformation, and it is about what God does,
not about what we do for ourselves. It is something that comes as a gift like
that peace that passes all human understanding… so joy breaks in.”
John 1:6-8,19-28
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
John 1:6-8,19-28
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
Dec 17, 2017 |
The Thing About Star Wars...
| The Rev. Philip DeVaul![The Rev. Philip DeVaul](https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/uploads/images/philip-devaul_215_small.jpg)
The Thing About Star Wars...
“We allow ourselves to be influenced by people that we trust
and care about, and that’s good. We foster relationships of connection and
interdependence, which is something that we’ve got to continue to develop in
our lives. We’ve got to stop talking about independence and start thinking
about interdependence and connection. And, the way we build that is we allow
someone into our hearts and we allow them to change the way we see the world.”
John 1:6-8,19-28
John 1:6-8,19-28