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Sermons by The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista (Page 13)

The Hope of Glory

Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42
I moved to a new home a few weeks ago […] I know that I’m settling into a new place to call home when I put up a picture frame on the wall […] and I have this icon […] It’s this beautiful picture of Jesus standing there in colorful robes at the moment of creation […]. It’s a beautiful vision of the created order in its right place, of things redeemed, reconciled, living in harmony […] I’ve been looking at other icons of sorts this past week — images in the news — and these images tempt me to say, “so much for mystic visions of a redeemed world…”

Everyday Heroes

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14; Luke 9:51-62
I’ve been thinking about superheroes lately. I think it helped over the last week that I got to spend some time with about 150 kids who came to our Vacation Bible School to learn about the heroes and the villains in the scriptures…