Sermons by Pastor Drew Ingram (Page 3)
Faith, Belief, Trust: An Encounter with the Risen Christ | Sermon | John 20 | 4.24.22
Faith is both head work and heart work. We trust in God and then seek to grow in understanding who God is and who God is calling us to be and become. We bring our questions and our doubts with us, and even when we cannot bring ourselves to show up, Christ shows up with us, loves us, blesses us, and…
Love and Live Resurrection | Sermon | Luke 24 | Easter 4.17.22
Resurrection is God’s ultimate statement that there is hope and that love and life have the last word, not sin and death. In Christ’s resurrection we see and hear the greatest reminder that God loves us. Then we receive the call to live the good news of resurrection, of God’s way…
Love Poured Out | Sermon | Philippians 2 | Palm Sunday | 4.10.22
Jesus empties himself, pouring out divine love through humble service and using his power and privilege to raise up those who have been crushed and pushed down. We are raised to new life by this love Jesus pours out for us and for all creation. How can we show the same love and have the same mind…
Cultivating Abundant Love | Sermon | John 12 | Lent 5 | 4.3.22
This last Sunday in Lent inspires us to press forward to what lies ahead and let go of what was in the past because in Christ God has made us God’s own.SHOW LESS
Cultivating Compassion | Sermon | Luke 15 | Lent 4 | 3.27.22
The parable of the man with two sons (prodigal son) centers not so much on the “dissolute living” of the younger son as it does on the compassion of the father. How is God cultivating that same kind of compassion in us? Love that does not stand far off, hold onto vengeance for a past…
Letting Go in Order to Grow | Sermon | Luke 13 | Lent 3 | 3.20.22
Is this tree wasting soil or has it not been cultivated properly? What do we need to uproot and what do we need to tend? We need enough soil and the soil needs enough nutrients in order for things to grow and produce fruit. We have to make space and prune and let things lie fallow so that we do not…
Cultivate Compassion & Let Go of Judgment | Sermon | Lent 2 | Luke 13 | 3.13.22
Jesus does not mince words, he tells the truth about what is wrong and what needs to change. Jesus holds fast to his mission. But true to form, he lives and shows a better way as he has compassion on Jerusalem when he could even rightly be judgmental and desire their suffering. How can we cultivate…
Dwelling in Word and Wilderness | Sermon | Luke 4 | Lent 1 3.6.22
This Lent we’re dwelling in the Word together during worship. We trust God speaks to us through scripture. This week, what was cultivated in us was a reflection on the wilderness experience of this pandemic as it relates to the wilderness experience of Jesus in Luke 4. How might we cultivate…
Beautiful Dust | Sermon | Ash Wednesday | 3.2.22
Beautiful and Beloved. Spirit and Bone. Dust and Soul. That’s what you are. Constantly carrying in you the reality and truth of your mortality and the same atoms and particles that have been in the cosmos since creation. Held together by the love of God seen most clearly in the cross of…
Transfiguration: Outward Change Revealing Identiy | Sermon | Luke 9 | 2.27.22
We see the glory of God more clearly revealed in Jesus in the story of the Transfiguration. Jesus’ outer appearance changes in a way that enables others to more clearly see who Jesus is – the beloved Son of God. God is at work changing us so that others can more easily and clearly see…