Sunday Sermons

Rev. Justin Morgan explores Jesus’ response to a trap about paying taxes to Caesar, asking not just what we owe the government, but who has a claim on our lives. The sermon challenges us to engage with politics and resist injustice without letting political loyalties, frustrations, or hopes take the place of God.

This sermon challenges the assumption that the violent king in Jesus’ parable represents God, contrasting worldly power that humiliates and excludes with the kingdom Jesus embodies. Drawing on Isaiah’s vision of a future without death or tears, Rev. Justin Morgan proclaims that violence, the powerful, and death do not get the last word—Jesus does.

This sermon reframes the Ten Commandments not as rules meant to control us, but as gifts that challenge our deepest anxiety: the fear that there isn’t enough. Rooted in God’s deliverance of Israel, the commandments invite us out of scarcity and into trust that God’s abundance is greater than our lack, and that with God, we have more than enough.

Rev. Samantha Beach Kiley explores Jesus’ challenge to religious authority in Matthew 21:23–32 and the surprising freedom of being willing to change our minds. Following a “soft king” means staying soft enough to reconsider, admit when we’re wrong, and allow God to move the furniture around in us.

Rev. Justin Morgan explores Jesus’ parable of the workers in the vineyard and the scandal of a God whose generosity isn’t determined by what we’ve earned or deserve. In the kingdom of heaven, following Jesus isn’t the price we pay to receive the gift—following Jesus is the gift.