Grace United Methodist Church

Sermon: May 6, 2012 Living into Resurrection- Being Present

Pastor Susan — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:52:28 +0000

In the last of her series on living into resurrection, Pastor Susan share some thoughts on what it means to be present to God and to others.

Sermon: April 29, Living into Resurrection with Gratitude

Pastor Susan — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:22:12 +0000

Many of us live focused on what we don’t have or have not accomplished in our lives. In today’s sermon Susan explores the stories of two different people whose lives changed when their focus changed from themselves to gratitude for life around them.

Sermon: April 22, Living into Resurrection-Teach Me to Pray

Pastor Susan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:58:32 +0000

Prayer is an essential ingredient of living fully into our resurrection. What does it mean to pray. Pastor Susan examines the Lord’s prayer and shares how this simple prayer can transform our thinking and living.

Sermon: April 15, 2012- Living into Resurrection: Speaking for God

Pastor Susan — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:25:38 +0000

In this series following Easter, Pastor Susan speaks of what it means to live fully into the resurrection we are offered by God. One way is to speak of God, Jesus and faith in our lives. Why do I spend time in church, what difference does faith make in my life? Susan looks at a cartoon from For Better or Worse about why people speak more about Santa than about God in which the end frame says, “Because God does less advertising”. What does it mean for people in the church to advertise well for God; to speak of love, hope, grace and forgiveness rather than judgment, condemnation and what the flowers look like.

Sermon: April 8, Easter, Living into Resurrection

Pastor Susan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:15:02 +0000

Resurrection is not a one time event that changes our lives forever. It is an ongoing invitation from God to stop living in ways that are killing us and to move into new life and resurrection. In today’s sermon Pastor Susan explores what it means to live just under death and God calls us to much more than that.

Sermon: April 1, Love and Tension

Pastor Susan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:12:54 +0000

It is hard to live in the tension of hope and sorrow. In this short meditation Pastor Susan shares her ideas on where to find God in the midst of tension.

Sermon: March 25, Love and Sorrow

Pastor Susan — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:21:27 +0000

In the passage about Jesus in the garden right before his arrest Jesus models for us what it means to live in love despite sorrow. Pastor Susan explores love and sorrow and who to live when sorrow surrounds you.

Sermon: March 18, Love and Rejection: breaking down the wall

Pastor Susan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:36:24 +0000

Continuing to love in the face of rejection is difficult. Most of us want to fight back or isolate ourselves to protect from further rejection. In this sermon, Susan explores how Jesus lived in love despite different rejections and how we can learn from Jesus about vulnerability and the need for vulnerability in growing relationship.

Sermon: March 11, Love and Judgment

Pastor Susan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:33:08 +0000

Judgment surrounds us. We judge ourselves, we judge others and we feel judged. How is love to grow and thrive in an environment of judgment. Pastor Susan explores what it means to live in love when judgment surrounds us.

Sermon: March 4, 2012, Love and Law

Pastor Susan — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:17:37 +0000

Love is based on respect, care for the ultimate good of the other, knowledge of the other and the ability to respond to the other person. When we love with law in mind, our focus is more on having someone conform to our image of what they should be than on respecting who they are. Pastor Susan shares four stories to illustrate how living under the law can steal love from our lives.

Love and Law-