Sermons

Micah 6:1-8 – In the Common English Bible, Micah 6:8 says to “embrace faithful love.” Today’s sermon is 3 stories from JSMC members living faithful love. One lives faithful love as a single mom; another faithfully loves a person who did great wrong in the community; and another lives faithful love as an adoptive parent. Embracing faithful love is not easy, and these stories contain emotionally heavy moments. Through it all, God’s faithfulness to us

Psalm 119:130 & Micah 6:1-8 – Today we heard a conversation about faithful love in Micah based on a sacred text study method from Kaballah Judiasm called PARDES. PARDES means garden or orchard. There is always fruit! “The Unfolding of Your Words Gives Light” by Pastor Carmen Horst Okanya and Nelson Okanya A Great Resource on PARDES here. PS: True confessions: I learned about PARDES from Harry Potter and the Sacred Text – a wonderful

Micah 6:1-8 & 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 – Our second week to micro-focus on God’s (minimal) requirements. Find the injustice; then act. “Find IT and Do IT” by Pastor Stan Shantz

Micah 6:1-8 and Isaiah 1:8-17 – Can we trust our inner justice-compasses? Or, even our collective JSMC justice compass? Probably not. But we can’t take justice off of the to-do list! Today, in the first of a series that super-focuses on Micah 6:8, we hear the challenge to re-orient to what’s important in God’s justice. Find out more here on how to increase justice in our daily living. Find out more here about the study

1 Corinthians 12:12-16, Ephesians 5:15-16 & Romans 12:3-8 – 1 – Celebrate who you are. 2 – Don’t think the same, think together! 3 – Sacrifice by using our gifts for the whole, not to exalt ourselves. 4 – Worship is about what happens Monday – Saturday. “Get Out and Exercise” by Pastor Stan Shantz