Sermons by Rev. Dr. Jeff Seaton
Our Merciful Judge
the paradox at the heart of our tradition, that our God is a merciful judge; that the one who preaches a way that is narrow has a love that reaches wide; the one who is all powerful walks each day beside us.
A Wake-Up Call
These stories are a wake-up call for us, a reminder to keep awake to what God has done.
A Love That Saves Us
This time of big change in our church is an opportunity for us to re-centre ourselves in the radical heart of our faith, this story of a powerful, saving, reconciling love that knows no limits.
A Patchwork Church
Church is a holy mess. And it always has been. We come as patches of the quilt, willing to be formed into God’s beautiful tapestry.
Something We Can All Agree On
This is part of that countercultural, alternative reality I keep talking about. How the church is very unlike the world.
An Outpost of Heaven
Our opportunity today is to recover this sense of what the church is, an outpost of the kingdom of heaven, a community unlike any other, a place where God’s will is done on earth, as in heaven.
It Starts with Love
Here’s the thing to remember: God’s love is not mere sentiment; it’s much, much more than a sentiment.
Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
I’ve come to believe that how we answer these two questions—Who is Jesus? and What is the purpose of the Church?—is of fundamental importance to us as a church.
Drawn to Jesus
It may seem scary at first, but we need to trust that it is also exciting. It can be exciting for us to rekindle our faith, and to see how knowing Jesus is transforming the lives of people who are new to us.
Treasures Old and New
The challenge, the task for us is to find a way to retrieve or recover a healthy connection to the treasures of our tradition: the kinds of things that we do when we gather here each Sunday, through the prayers and the singing, the sacraments and Scripture, through an encounter with the Holy Spirit, the risen Christ, the living God.
Faithful Sowers of the Gospel
Our calling is not to be popular. It is to be faithful stewards of the Gospel.
Saved From Patience
Our job is to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.
What Kind of God Do We Worship?
This is Good News for us because it means that God is with us wherever we go, that God joins us in every venture God calls us to, and that God indeed will provide.
Come, Holy Spirit!
The Pentecost story of speaking new languages is a reminder to us of how the Spirit gifts us and empowers us to do what we otherwise couldn’t do, or wouldn’t do.
Sharing Our Story
Sharing our story is at the heart of what we are about as a Christian community.