conflict

Love – and Almost Getting Thrown off a Cliff

Preacher: Jenn Hosler Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 Love – and Almost Getting Thrown off a Cliff (1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30)Jennifer Hosler The love passage – 1 Corinthians 13. Perhaps this feels like a difficult passage to dig into right now. Using my powers of deduction, many of us are stressed, terrified, angry,…

By: Dana Cassell Mark 9:38-50 I learned a lot about ministry in the first congregation I served. One of the lessons was from the senior pastor, Jeff Carter. When people had reactions to something that felt outsized to everyone else, when we couldn’t figure out exactly why someone was upset about a small change in…

Reconciling Like Jesus

Preacher: Tabitha Hartman Rudy Date: September 10, 2023 Scripture: Matthew 18:15-22, Matthew 5:21-24 Audio for this sermon can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oTKPqeUyMN3cAtACzaXKIR_IAROV6Sdd/view?usp=drive_link Ah, conflict! Our favorite thing to talk about in the church! Not really, right? Conflict, sin, inappropriate behavior…. None of it is easy to address or discuss, and yet we’re human – we’re…

Leaning into Church Friendships, Leaning to Church Conflict

Preacher: Jennifer Hosler Scripture: Philippians 1:3-11; 2:2-4, 12-16; 4:1-7 Date: November 6, 2022 Could a spreadsheet help strengthen your friendships or even our relationships within the church? Maybe, according to an NPR article (Keane & Weiner, 2019). Here’s an excerpt: Vanessa Nuñez was craving close friendship. “I had a lot of surface-level relationships with different…

JESUS, MEAT, AND VEGGIES

Deut. 18:15-20; Mark 1:21-28; 1 Cor. 8:1-13 Jennifer Hosler How do we show love? Sometimes, it’s by holding back on the meat. Across the US, traditionally, meat and potatoes or meat and some other starch, are ubiquitous on the table. Many of our folks in this congregation come from places like Missouri or central Pennsylvania—traditionally…

O THAT YOU WOULD TEAR OPEN THE HEAVENS AND COME DOWN

Isaiah 64:1-9, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9, & Mark 13:24-37 Micah Bales The first Sunday in Advent I’ve been accused of many things. But I’ve never been accused of being without imagination. When I was a child, I had what you could probably describe as an overactive imagination. Every book I read, every cartoon I watched,…

ADULTING AFTER JESUS (OF JAMES, JACOB, TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS)

James 1:1-18, Psalm 46, Mark 9:20-27 Jenn Hosler This is the first sermon in our sermon series on the book of James. You can find the audio of this sermon here: soundcloud.com/washingtoncitycob/james-jacob-temptations-and-trials-september-24-2017 . *Note* The audio differs from the text. Yesterday, I was working on my sermon right up until I had to leave for French class….

THE 15TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST or THE WEASEL, THE MOUSE, THE GREAT LIZARD ACCORDING TO ITS KIND

The audio version may differ from the transcript of this sermon, but can be found on Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/washingtoncitycob/15th-sunday-since-pentecost-september-17-2017 Exodus 14:19-31, 15:20-21, Romans 14:1-12, Matthew 18:21-35 Nate Hosler As many of you know we went camping last week. My family has gone camping most every year for more than 20 years. My mother has…

WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED

Matthew 18:15-20 Romans 13:8-14 Jeff Davidson We don’t like Matthew 18, at least not all the time. One of the reasons we don’t like it is that it’s about conflict in the church, and most of us don’t like dealing with conflict. If I have a problem with you, it’s easier to cut you off….

Sowing Seeds of Healing, Reaping a Harvest of Reconciliation

“Sowing Seeds of Healing, Reaping a Harvest of Reconciliation” – 2 Kings 5 Jennifer Hosler Thursday evening, we arrived back from a week of traveling. Nate and I were both delighted to see how our garden had burst forth and was starting to bear fruit. As many of you have heard or seen, we spent…