Cross of Grace Sermons

The Best and Worst of Times
Febraury 15, 2026
Pastor Cogan

Salt, Light, and Looking Ahead
February 8, 2026
Pastor Mark

A Blessing for the Screw Ups
Febrauary 2, 2026
Pastor Cogan

Walking Hope
January 25, 2026
Pastor Mark

How to Live a Life
January 18, 2026
Pastor Cogan

Vows of the Peacock and Baptismal Variety
January 11, 2026
Pastor Cogan

A.I. and the Good News of Christmas
January 4, 2026
Pastor Mark

Welcoming the Holy Family
December 28, 2025
Pastor Cogan

History Rhymes, Grace Repeats
December 24, 2025 - Christmas Eve
Pastor Mark

Joseph, Jesus, and What’s in a Name
December 21, 2025
Pastor Mark

Delight in the Darkness - Stories of Hope as we Wait
December 3, 10, and 17
Partners in Mission

Too Good to be True
December 14, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Sledding Repentance
December 7, 2025
Pastor Mark

What’s On Your List?
November 30, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Toilet Paper, Payback, and Christ the King
November 23, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Fire, Brimstone, and Building Campaigns
November 16, 2025
Pastor Mark Havel

Zacchaeus and Me
November 9, 2025
Pastor Mark Havel

The Risk of Saints - All Saints Sunday 2025
November 2, 2025
Pastor Cogan Blackmon

Free Indeed - Reformation 2025
October 26, 2025
Pastor Mark Havel

God the Persistent Widow
October 19, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Faith, High Hurdles, and Vatican City
October 5, 2025
Pastor Mark

We Still Have Time
September 28, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Asking for a Friend - How can we hold onto our Shared Humanity in a Divided World?
September 21, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Asking for a Friend - Is the Church a Mission Center or Social Club?
September 14, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Asking for a Friend - Literal v. Literate: Can We Square Scripture and Science?
September 7, 2025
Pastor Mark

Asking for a Friend - What Actually Happens in Heaven?
August 31, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Asking for a Friend - Do we have to believe in Hell to believe in Heaven?
August 24, 2025
Pastor Mark

Asking for a Friend - Do churches change the Bible to make it fit what they want it to say?
August 17, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Asking for a Friend - When the System Falls, What Does Faithful Action Look Like?
August 10, 2025
Pastor Mark

Asking for a Friend - Thy Kingdom Come?
August 3, 2025
Pastor Cogan

The Primeval Mythology of Genesis - Babel and Beyond
July 27, 2025
Pastor Cogan

The Primeval Mythology of Genesis - The Flood
July 20, 2025
Pastor Mark

The Primeval Mythology of Genesis - The Fall
July 13, 2025
Pastor Cogan

The Primeval Mythology of Genesis - Creation
July 6, 2025
Pastor Mark

The Cost of Grace
June 29, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Harvard, Humanity, and the Holy Trinity
June 15, 2025
Pastor Mark

Not So Golden Silence
June 8, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Jesus’ Prayer for Christian Unity
June 1, 2025
Pastor Mark

Oh The Places You Won’t Go
May 25, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Revelation, the Rapture, and What’s Most Important
May 18, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Belonging and Believing
May 11, 2025
Pastor Mark

Smelling Like Sheep
May 4, 2025
Pastor Mark

Thomas, Francis, and Touching Wounds
April 27, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Easter’s Mic Drop
April 20, 2025
Pastor Mark

Why We Do Hard Things
April 13, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Midweek Lenten Storytelling Extras
Crossroads of Faith
Lent 2025

Anointing Now
April 6, 2025
Pastor Mark

Prodigal Empathy
March 30, 2025
Pastor Mark

What’s Deserved
March 23, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Foxes, Hens, and the Lies We Tell our Children
March 16, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Buddha, Jesus, and the Wilderness of Lent
March 9, 2025
Pastor Mark

Mountaintop Mardi Gras
March 2, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Discipleship’s High Bar
February 23, 2025
Pastor Mark

Blessings, Woes, and Wawa
February 16, 2025
Pastor Mark

It’s Not About the Fish
February 9, 2025
Pastor Cogan

Widows, Lepers, and Foreigners, Oh My
February 2, 2025
Pastor Mark

Fulfilled in Your Hearing
January 26, 2025
Pastor Mark

French Toast, Good Wine, and Grace
January 19, 2025
Pastor Cogan

“Baptized by Wildfires”
January 12, 2025
Pastor Mark

“Reflecting Light”
January 5, 2025
Pastor Cogan

“Jesus, Lost But Found”
December 29, 2024
Pastor Mark

“Meaning in the Mundane”
December 24, 2024
Pastor Cogan

“Advent and Ancestors”
December 22, 2024
Pastor Mark Havel

“Blue Christmas: The Wound, The Route, The Gift”
December 18, 2024
Pastor Mark Havel

“The Art of Empathy”
December 15, 2024
Pastor Cogan

“The Right Questions”
December 8, 2024
Pastor Mark

“Advent Illuminators”
Wednesday - December 4, 2024
Pastor Mark

“The Power of Being Seen”
December 1, 2024
Pastor Cogan

“Decisions, Decisions, Decisions”
November 24, 2024
Pastor Mark Havel

“Building the Church, Bringing the Kingdom”
November 17, 2024
Pastor Mark

“Good Government and Scarred Hands”
November 10, 2024
Pastor Cogan

“All Saints On the Brink of Everything”
November 3, 2024
Pastor Mark

“We Are Loved”
October 27, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Servanthood
October 20, 2024
Pastor Mark

Worry and Praise
October 13, 2024
Pastor Cogan

A Little Help Getting There
October 6, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Divorce is Hard
October 6, 2024
Pastor Mark

Spiritual Surgery
September 29, 2024
Pastor Mark

Project Welcome
September 22, 2024
Pastor Mark

Trip of a Lifetime
September 15, 2025
Pastor Cogan

The Message is The Medium
September 8, 2024
Pastor Mark

Gratitude over Outrage
September 1, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Bread, Bread, Bread, Bread, Bread
August 25, 2024
Pastor Mark

A Bread Offering
August 18, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Gluten Morgen, Baby
August 11, 2024
Pastor Mark

Free Lunch
August 4, 2024
Pastor Cogan

A Gathering of Losers
July 28, 2024
Pastor Mark

Blessed Rest
July 21, 2024
Pastor Dan Forehand

Somebody Somewhere
July 7, 2024
Pastor Mark

Faith and Technology
June 30, 2024
Pastor Mark

Storm Stories
June 23, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Seeds, Shrubs, and the Kingdom of God
June 16, 2024
Pastor Mark

Caught in the Middle
June 9, 2024
Pastor Kirk Havel

Put Down the Duckie
June 2, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Holy Trinity - God as Plot
May 26, 2024
Pastor Mark

Hard Goodbyes and Pentecost Promises
May 19, 2024
Pastor Cogan

So Long, Farewell, You Got This
May 12, 2024
Pastor Mark

What Kind of Relationship?
May 5, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Holy Curiosity
April 28, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Good Shepherds and Hired Hands
April 21, 2024
Pastor Mark

In Defense of Too Much Mercy
April 14, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Post-Easter Discipleship
April 7, 2024
Pastor Mark

Resurrection as “Choose Your Own Adventure”
March 31, 2024
Pastor Cogan

The Women of Easter’s Sunrise
March 31, 2024
Pastor Mark

Good Friday: Grief as Love
March 29, 2024
Pastor Mark

Palm Sunday’s Anticipatory Grief
March 24, 2024
Pastor Mark

Grieving Well - Places That Have Not Known Love (Midweek Lent)
March 20, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Potato Chips, Clouds, and Seeing Jesus
March 17, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Grieving Well - Ancestral and Generational Grief (Midweek Lent)
March 13, 2024
Pastor Mark

Snakes, Sins, and Eternal Life Now
March 10, 2024
Pastor Mark

Grieving Well - The Sorrows of the World (Midweek Lent)
February 28, 2024
Pastor Mark

To Die For
February 25, 2024
Pastor Mark

It’s Not About You
February 18, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Ashes and Grief
Ash Wednesday - February 14, 2024
Pastor Mark

Trials and Transfiguration
February 11, 2024
Pastor Mark

How to be Human
February 4, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Bob and I Aren’t So Different
January 28, 2024
Pastor Cogan

Hard Won, Faithful Following
January 21, 2024
Pastor Mark

Come and See The Color Purple
January 14, 2024
Pastor Mark

Between Two Kings
January 7, 2024
Pastor Cogan

The Work of Christmas
December 31, 2023
Pastor Mark

Christmas Eve - Seeing and Being Seen
December 24, 2023
Pastor Mark

A Voice Among Many
December 17, 2023
Pastor Mark

Advent Preparations
December 10, 2023
Pastor Cogan

The Advent We Actually Have
December 6, 2023
Pastor Mark

Human-Shaped Hope
December 3, 2023
Pastor Mark

Bell Ringers and Sinning Boldly
November 26, 2023
Pastor Cogan

Talents, Treasures, and Truth to Power
November 19, 2023
Pastor Mark

“Bouncers and Bridesmaids”
November 12, 2023
Pastor Mark

“Comfort for the Mourning”
November 6, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“Grace, Upon Grace, Upon Grace”
October 29, 2023
Pastor Mark

“Enough and We Know It”
October 22, 2023
Pastor Mark

“A Feast for a Weary World”
October 15, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“Pet Blessing for the Weary”
October 1, 2023
Pastor Mark

“God’s Not Fair”
September 24, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“The Challenge and Gift of Forgiveness”
September 17, 2023
Pastor Mark

“Conflict in Community”
September 11, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“How to be Happy”
September 3, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“The Question We All Must Answer”
August 27, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“Widening Encounters”
August 20, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“From Death to Life”
August 13, 2023
Pastor Libby Davis Manning

“Desire Unlike Any Other”
July 30, 2023
Elise Erikson Barrett

"Wheat, Weeds, and Hope”
July 23, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“The Parable of the Four Soils”
July 16, 2023
Dr. Joelle Hathaway

“An Invitation for all the Amadeos”
July 9, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“A Mission for Today”
June 25, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“Dying, We Live”
June 18, 2023
Nii Addo Abrahams

“A Façade of Wellness”
June 11, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“What Should be on Graduation Cards”
June 4, 2023
Pastor Cogan

"Pretzel Logs and a Power Tool”
May 28, 2023
Pastor Cogan

Sabbatical Send-Off
May 21, 2023
Pastor Mark

“Another Advocate”
May 14, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“‘Dumb’ Questions, Faithful Answers”
May 7, 2023
Pastor Mark

“Life Together”
April 30, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“On the Road with Cleopas”
April 23, 2023
Pastor Mark

“Close Encounters with the Risen Kind”
April 16, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“Easter’s Fear”
April 9, 2023
Pastor Mark

“Little Piggies”
April 6, 2023
Pastor Cogan

“Wilderness: Walking through Grief”
March 30, 2023
Dianne Kaucher

“Tombs for the Living”
March 26, 2023
Pastor Mark Havel

“Wilderness: Addiction and Burning Bushes”
March 22, 2023
Chris Graham

“Blind Pharisees”
March 19, 2023
Pastor Mark Havel

“Wilderness: Covid Quarantine
March 15, 2023
Gayle Beebe

“International Women’s Day at the Well”
March 12, 2023
Pastor Mark Havel

“Wilderness: Grief and Prayer”
March 9, 2023
Pastor Mark Havel

“New Take on Nicodemus”
March 5, 2023
Pastor Mark Havel

Wilderness: Guide
March 1, 2023 - Midweek Worship
Paula McCain

“The Temptations - Not Just My Imagination”
February 26, 2023
Pastor Mark Havel

“Dust and Defiant Discipleship”
February 22, 2023 - Ash Wednesday
Pastor Mark Havel

“Revivals and Transfiguration”
February 19, 2023
Pastor Mark Havel

“How to Grow”
February 12, 2023
Pastor Cogan Blackmon

“Salt, Light and Chili to Taste”
February 5, 2023
Pastor Mark Havel

“Experience, the Best Teacher”
January 29, 2023
Pastor Cogan Blackmon

“Can You Fish?”
January 22, 2023
Pastor Dan Forehand

“Come and See”
January 15, 2023
Pastor Mark

“What’s in a Name?”
January 8, 2023
Cogan Blackmon

Weeping Rachel
January 1, 2023
Pastor Mark

Sea Turtles and Christmas Day
December 25, 2022
Pastor Mark

What God Won’t Do
December 24, 2022 (Christmas Eve - 11 p.m.)
Pastor Mark

Christmas Expectations vs. Reality
December 24, 2022 (Christmas Eve - 7:30 p.m.)
Pastor Mark

Relentless
December 21, 2022 (Blue Christmas)
Pastor Mark Havel

That’s What She Said: Mary
December 14, 2022 (Midweek Advent)
Pastor Kirk Havel

John the Baptist and Scary Santa
December 11, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

That’s What She Said: Elizabeth
December 7, 2022 (Midweek Advent)
Pastor Mark Havel

A Call in the Wilderness
December 4, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

That’s What She Said: Hannah
November 30, 2022 (Midweek Advent Worship)
Pastor Mark Havel

Tik Tok Pranksters and Life in the Meantime
November 27, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

Joy, Discipline and Perspective of Gratitude
November 22, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

Christ the King 2022
November 20, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

Buildings, Outreach and What Really Matters
November 13, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

All Saints 2022
November 6, 2022
Pastor Kirk Havel

Reformation Foosball
October 30, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

Alongside, Not Rather Than
October 23, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

Anti-Patient Anti-Racism Soap Box
October 16, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

Imagine
October 9, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

Stella’s Pet Blessing
October 2, 2022
Pastor Mark Havel

The Gospel and Lazarus
September 25, 2022
Pastor Heidi Schwerdtfeger-Jones

A Different Take On a Difficult Parable
September 18, 2022
Pastor Mark

Sheep, Coins, Wallets, Chihuahuas and You
September 11, 2022
Pastor Mark

Failed Business, Evolving Faith
September 4, 2022
Pastor Mark

More Freedom from More Rules
August 28, 2022
Dr. Joelle Hathaway

To Hell With the Rules
August 21, 2022
Pastor Mark

Both-And Church, Either-Or World
August 14, 2022
Pastor Mark

Thy Kingdom Come
August 7, 2022
Pastor Mark

Dragon Boats and Faithful Stewardship
July 31, 2022
Pastor Mark

Ask, Search, Knock
July 24, 2022
Pastor Mark

There’s Something About Mary
July 17, 2022
Pastor Mark

The Samaritan
July 10, 2022
Pastor Mark

Shake It Off
July 3, 2022
Pastor Mark

Senior Moments 2022
June 26, 2022

The Gospel According to Juneteenth
June 19, 2022
Pastor Mark

Pride, Pronouns and Holy Trinity
June 12, 2022
Pastor Mark

“I Want to Be Part of a Church That…”
June 5, 2022
Pastor Mark

Thoughts and Prayers, Please
May 29, 2022
Pastor Amanda Ghaffarian

The Other Side of Easter: Are We There Yet?
May 22, 2022
Pastor Mark

The Other Side of Easter: Grace Upon Grace
May 15, 2022
Pastor Mark

The Other Side of Easter: Grace On Fire
May 8, 2022
Pastor Mark

The Other Side of Easter: The After People
May 1, 2022
Pastor Mark

The Way of the Wounded
April 24, 2022
Pastor Mark

Easter Sunday - The Coffin Confessor
April 17, 2022
Pastor Mark

Easter Sunrise - The Velveteen Rabbi
April 17, 2022
Pastor Mark

Maundy Thursday - Anatomy Eats
April 14, 2022
Pastor Mark

Midweek Lenten Lament for Loss of Faith
April 6, 2022
Pastor Mark

Midweek Lenten Lament for Grief
March 30, 2022
Pastor Teri Ditslear

The Prodigal Parable
March 27, 2022
Pastor Heidi Schwerdtfeger-Jones

Midweek Lenten Lament for Illness
March 23, 2022
Pastor Mark

Jesus, the Gardener
March 20, 2022
Pastor Mark

Midweek Lenten Lament for Greed
March 16, 2022
Pastor Mark

Jesus, the Mother Hen
March 13, 2022
Pastor Mark

Midweek Lenten Lament for War
March 9, 2022
Pastor Mark

Wilderness Wandering
March 6, 2022
Pastor Mark

Ashes to Ashes. No Kidding
Ash Wednesday - March 2, 2022
Pastor Mark

Come Away with Me
February 27, 2022
Pastor Mark

Hard, Holy, High Bars of Discipleship
February 20, 2022
Pastor Mark

Blessings and Woes
February 13, 2022
Pastor Mark

Fishing for Partners in Mission
February 6, 2022
Pastor Mark

Jesus, Two Jimmies and More Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups
January 30, 2022
Pastor Mark

Good News and Good News
January 23, 2022
Pastor Mark

Water, Wine and Waiting on a Miracle
January 16, 2022
Pastor Mark

Baptism and Resolutions
January 9, 2022
Pastor Mark

What ON EARTH is God Doing?
January 2, 2022
Pastor Kirk Havel

Between the Highlights
December 26, 2021
Pastor Mark

A Very Google Christmas
December 24, 2021
Pastor Mark

A Very Google Christmas
December 24, 2021
Pastor Mark

Can’t Help Myself - Blue Christmas
December 22, 2021
Pastor Mark

The Ones We’re Waiting For
December 12, 2021
Pastor Mark

Sometimes She Wonders (And He Should, Too)
December 8, 2021
Pastor Mark

Voices in the Wilderness
December 5, 2021
Pastor Mark

Just Keep Driving
November 28, 2021
Pastor Mark

Thanksgiving Eve Eve
November 23, 2021
Pastor Mark

Christ the King and The Emperor’s New Clothes
November 21, 2021
Pastor Mark

Roots of Life
November 14, 2021
Pastor Teri Ditslear

For All the Saints and Don Campbell
November 7, 2021
Pastor Mark

Friends of Fondwa
October 31, 2021
Rev. Jamalyn Peigh Williamson

The Blind Leading The Way
October 24, 2021
Pastor Mark

Practicing Baptism
October 17, 2021
Pastor Mark

Squid Game
October 11, 2021
Pastor Mark

Love and Marriage
October 3, 2021
Pastor Kirk Havel

Roots of Grace
September 26, 2021
Pastor Mark

Rescue Dogs
September 19, 2021
Pastor Mark

Who Do You Say that I Am?
September 12, 2021
Pastor Mark

Hebrew Lives Matter
September 5, 2021
Pastor Mark

Some People Get Religion, Some People Get the Truth
August 29, 2021
Pastor Mark

Soda Bread Scones from Heaven
August 22, 2021
Pastor Mark

Instavengalists and the Bread of Life
August 15, 2021
Pastor Mark

Eat Your Vegetables
August 8, 2021
Pastor Mark

Waiting for a Sign
August 1, 2021
Pastor Mark

The Other Miracle of the 5,000 Fed
July 25, 2021
Pastor Mark

Sabbath Stillness and Solitude
July 18, 2021
Pastor Mark

Headless Hopefulness
July 11, 2021
Pastor Mark

Going Home Again
July 4, 2021
Emily Michaelis

Desperate Measures, Deep Mercy
June 27, 2021
Pastor Mark

Mustard Seeds and Manicured Lawns
June 13, 2021
Pastor Mark

Crazy Is As Crazy Does
June 6, 2021
Pastor Mark

No Words for Holy Trinity
May 30, 2021
Pastor Mark

Transcend and Include
May 23, 2021
Pastor Aaron

Famous Last Words
May 16, 2021
Pastor Mark

Stand By Me
May 9, 2021
Pastor Mark

Pruning for Fruit
May 2, 2021
Pastor Aaron

Jesus’ “Hand-Me-Downs”
April 25, 2021
Pastor Aaron

Witnessing with Our Wounds
April 18, 2021
Pastor Mark

I’ll See It When I Believe It
April 11, 2021
Pastor Mark

Literal Resurrection
April 4, 2021 (Easter Sunday)
Pastor Aaron

Open Coffins and Empty Tombs
April 4, 2021
Pastor Mark

Rats!
April 2, 2021
Pastor Mark

Lent Midweek Monologue – Peter
April 1, 2021
Aaron Stamper

Lent Midweek Monologue – The Thief's Mother
March 24, 2021
Zina Compton

Be Careful What You Wish For
March 21, 2021
Mark Havel

Lent Midweek Monologue – Pontius Pilate
March 17, 2021
Mark Havel

The Picture is Becoming Clear
March 14, 2021
Pastor Aaron

Lent Midweek Monologue – Nicodemus
March 10, 2021
Terry Snow

Worship and What Matters
March 7, 2021
Pastor Mark

Lent Midweek Monologue – Barabbas
March 3, 2021
Kevin Michaelis

To Die For
February 28, 2021
Pastor Mark

Lent Midweek Monologue – Eve
February 24, 2021
Susan Oxley

Lenten Perseverance
February 21, 2021
Pastor Aaron

If Snow Were Ashes
February 17, 2021
Pastor Mark

All You Need is Love
February 14, 2021
Pastor Aaron

In and Of Itself
February 7, 2021
Pastor Mark

Ornery Jesus & Good Trouble
January 31, 2021
Pastor Aaron

Purpose Driven Puppy
January 24, 2021
Pastor Mark

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