Sermons by Pastor Cecie Suknaic Saulnier

Joseph, the earth father of Jesus, has his life reoriented through a dream. God sets him on a new, unexpected path – and he is transformed. How is God inviting us to dream during new, unexpected paths in our lives and in our community? Take a listen with Pastor Cecie as she wonders about…

Take a listen with Pastor Cecie to a sermon on Advent’s in between-ness, and how God is preparing us during seasons and places of wilderness.

It’s Advent! The season of waiting and watching, a season of “time in between.” What might we need for these in between times? Paul’s letter to the Romans gives us some suggestions, which Pastor Cecie further emphasizes and complicates. Take a listen to how we can wait…

This Christ the King Sunday, take a look back 100 years ago with Pastor Cecie at the history of Christ the King Sunday and why it was created. What does Christ the King Sunday mean for us today? Take a listen and find out!

Take a listen to an “exegetical” sermon – meaning a deconstruction of the bible story from our gospel today, it’s history, its context – and what all of this may mean for our lives of faith?

Words matter is the crux of this sermon. Job wishes for his words to be inscribed forever because they matter so much. Take a listen with Pastor Cecie about the importance of our words.

Each year on All Saints Sunday, we remember the saints who have gone before us. Through the Beautitudes from the Gospel of Luke, when Jesus speaks blessings and curses, we also remember that the saints show forth to us how to live faithful lives. Take a listen with Pastor Cecie as she ponders the…

We turn to some of Martin Luther’s favorite scripture passages, those that influenced his life of faith, each year on Reformation Sunday. How is God calling us to still be a reformation people, in the midst of deep uncertainty? We learn from the prophet Luther, as well as the prophet Jeremiah.

A part of our human experience is getting in the way of God’s grace – and Naaman from 2 Kings shows us an example of this. God’s grace continues to break through, however, offering us healing and wholeness. Wonder with Pastor Cecie about how God’s grace is breaking through…

The gospel passage appointed on the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, which takes place every year on October 4th, is Matthew 11.25-30. Through it, we learn about the ease of discipleship as Jesus says “my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Francis embodied this discipleship…