MCF Sermon Podcast

Our Capacity to Forgive - Palm Sunday

Kevin ends this Lenten series on our potential by delving into the area of forgiveness.  He is clear that he is preaching to himself. As we listen in, we learn that our liberation to be fully living in and from our potential is directly related to our capacity to forgive.

Living in the Flow - 5th Sunday in Lent

Pastor Kevin talks about the flow of grace and what that has to do with what positive psychologists call "flow state."  Great love opens the flow of grace.  Greed stops it.  Flow is where we want to live if we want to experience a life of meaning, potential, and purpose.

Slaves or Sons? - 4th Sunday in Lent

Are you a sinner or a saint?  Are you ashamed or proud?  Do you have a slave mentality or grace mentality?  Jesus once told a beautifully subversive story about two sons which challenges our status quo thinking.  Pastor Kevin unpacks that story today and paints a picture of a church filled with both "sinners" and "saints" because, truth is, we are all a mysterious mix of both in need of grace.  He ends with a rare altar call, but not one for "sinners," but for "saints."   

The World Will Try To Cut You Down, But God Won't - 3rd Sunday in Lent

We live in a cut down culture and are headed in the wrong direction.  Jesus' call to repent is a call to turn around and follow His way of grace, compassion, and life giving.  We need to listen to that call to repent more than ever.

Fox or Hen? - 2nd Sunday in Lent

Jesus chose a very unlikely animal to illustrate what God is like. While we may think we want God to be more like a crafty fox, could God really be more like a mother hen? 

Three Lies and a Truth - 1st Sunday in Lent

Pastor Kevin kicks off a new 6 week sermon series for Lent entitled, "Potential."  On this first Sunday in Lent three lies are exposed.  These lies cause us to chase after things which we think will unleash our potential.  However, the unleashing of our potential is based in a truth which we don't have to chase.  Once we can rest secure in that truth, we begin to live into our full potential naturally.

Transfiguration of Jesus - No Camping

We like to pitch our tents on what we think we know.  But God tends to come along and plop down "No Camping" signs when we do that.  God often has to move us from our certainty into uncertainty so that we grow into the sacrificial love of Christ.

Give Me Oil In My Lamp - 7th Sunday after Epiphany

A revenge fantasy may be fun to entertain, but is revenge the best way to deal with an enemy?  Jesus takes a different approach.  He calls us to love our enemies.  It sounds impossible.  That could be because it takes a different level of consciousness to do it.  Why would we want to love our enemies and how can we even begin to think about doing that?

 

Firmly Planted - Sixth Sunday after Epiphany

Pastor Ruben gives an overview of the Sunday lectionary readings to share how our hope and our trust can remain firmly planted in God no matter the circumstance.

Enlightening Encounters - 5th Sunday after Epiphany

Enlightening encounters with the Divine are transformative.  They are intended to teach us that every encounter can be an enlightening one.