Sermon Archive
Explore sermons from Grant Park Church by year.
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2026
- Sep 23, 2026 "Sometimes Foggy, Sometimes Clear," September 20, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026 "A Frog on a Fence Post," September 13, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026 "Pressing Grapes in the Kingdom of God," September 6, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026 "Dolly's Armor," August 30, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026 "Prayers of the People: When and How?" August 23, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026 "Prayers of the People: What For?" August 16, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026 "Prayers of the People: Who and With Whom?
- Sep 23, 2026 "Prayers of the People: Why?" August 2, 2026
- Jul 28, 2026 "Dreaming in Community: Passion and Compassion," July 26, 2026
- Jul 21, 2026 "You Give Them Something To Eat," July 19, 2026
- Jul 15, 2026 "The Distance From Stranger to Neighbor," July 12, 2026
- Jul 8, 2026 "Freedom To Do What?" July 5, 2026
- Jul 8, 2026 "The Yoke of Prophetic Conflict," June 28, 2026
- Jul 8, 2026 "Foolishly Foolish Fools," June 21, 2026
- Jun 18, 2026 "For Lovers of Love and All Things Lovely," June 14, 2026
- Jun 18, 2026 "Hope in a Vacuum," June 7, 2026
- Jun 18, 2026 "Someone Else's Kid," May 31, 2026
- Jun 18, 2026 "The Spirit of God, and So Can You," May 24, 2026
- May 18, 2026 "Extraordinary Waiting in Extraordinary Times," May 17, 2026
- May 12, 2026 "Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Times," May 10, 2026
- May 12, 2026 "Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times," May 3, 2026
- May 10, 2026 "On the Journey: Emmaus + 7," April 19, 2026
- Apr 14, 2026 "Illegal Activities of God: Miracles," April 12, 2026
- Apr 14, 2026 "Hope Realized," April 5, 2026
- Mar 31, 2026 "Cities in Turmoil: the Problem of Nonviolence," March 29, 2026
- Mar 25, 2026 "Fruit Bearing Trees," March 22, 2026
- Mar 19, 2026 "Centennial Worship: Seek What?" March 15, 2026
- Mar 19, 2026 "Pieces of History: All the People," March 8, 2026
- Mar 2, 2026 "Pieces of History: Wide Open Doors," March 1, 2026
- Mar 2, 2026 "Pieces of History: Easily Identifiable," February 22, 2026
- Mar 2, 2026 "Pieces of History: Blueprints," February 15, 2026
- Mar 2, 2026 "Go On Through It, Going Through It, Gone Through It," February 8, 2026
- Feb 3, 2026 "The Stories We Tell: Monuments and Museums," February 1, 2026
- Jan 31, 2026 "Mission: Impossible - Michmash to Minneapolis," January 25, 2026
- Jan 31, 2026 "The Museum and the Lab," January 18, 2025
- Jan 31, 2026 "The Stories We Tell: Momentum," January 11, 2026
- Jan 7, 2026 "The Stories We Tell: Movement," January 4, 2026
- Jan 7, 2026 "Celebratory People," December 28, 2025
- Jan 7, 2026 "At the Inn: Any Room for Love?" December 21, 2025
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2025
- Dec 16, 2025 "At the Inn: Any Room for Joy?" December 14, 2025
- Dec 16, 2025 "At the Inn: Any Room for Peace?" December 7, 2025
- Dec 4, 2025 "At the Inn: Any Room for Hope?" November 30, 2025
- Nov 26, 2025 "Village Values: Serve One Another," November 23, 2025
- Nov 21, 2025 "Village Values: Pray For One Another," November 16, 2025
- Nov 14, 2025 "Village Values: Welcome One Another," November 9, 2025
- Nov 14, 2025 "Village Values: Love One Another," November 2, 2025
- Oct 28, 2025 "Few Things Needed: Hungry Angry People," October 26, 2025
- Oct 22, 2025 "Creation Gospel," October 19, 2025
- Oct 14, 2025 "Four Seeds, All Worth Their Weight in Gold," October 12, 2025
- Oct 7, 2025 "First Fruits of Time," October 5, 2025
- Sep 30, 2025 "Villaging, Not Pillaging," September 28, 2025
- Sep 24, 2025 "A Mustard Seed," September 21, 2025
- Sep 24, 2025 "What to do When Surrounded by Violence," September 14, 2025
- Sep 24, 2025 "Charge it to Me!," September 7, 2025
- Sep 2, 2025 "Word Turned Wind: On These Winds," August 31, 2025
- Aug 25, 2025 "Word Turned Way: En Route," August 24, 2025
- Aug 19, 2025 "Word Turned Light: Illuminating Ways," August 17, 2025
- Aug 12, 2025 "Word Turned Well: Living Water," August 10, 2025
- Aug 12, 2025 "Features Not Bugs: Capitalist Jesus," August 3, 2025
- Jul 29, 2025 "Playing a Different Game," July 27, 2025
- Jul 29, 2025 "Elijah's Sheer and Queer Silence," July 20, 2025
- Jul 15, 2025 "A Plumb Line: Sanctuary and Truth," July 13, 2025
- Jul 8, 2025 "We Don't Even Know Her Name," July 6, 2025
- Jul 1, 2025 "The Law of Love: A Catch 22," June 29, 2025
- Jun 23, 2025 "Violence: A Bunch of Rubbish," June 22, 2025
- Jun 17, 2025 "My Daily Bread," June 15, 2025
- Jun 9, 2025 "The Spirit, The Advocate, The Truth," June 8, 2025
- Jun 2, 2025 "Internal Advocacy," June 1, 2025
- Jun 2, 2025 "Lydia's Living Room," May 25, 2025
- May 20, 2025 "Them and Us Discourse," May 18, 2025
- May 12, 2025 "A Mission of Love," May 11, 2025
- May 6, 2025 "A Fox, Some Grain, and a Chicken," May 4, 2025
- Apr 28, 2025 "That We May Have Life," April 27, 2025
- Apr 21, 2025 "Morning, Afternoon, Evening," April 20, 2025
- Apr 15, 2025 "Empire Nonsense," April 13, 2025
- Apr 8, 2025 "On Conflict, Community, and Courage," April 6, 2025
- Apr 8, 2025 "An Everyday Ministry," March 30, 2025
- Mar 25, 2025 "Nesting Birds," March 23, 2025
- Mar 19, 2025 "An Unlikely Collaborator," March 16, 2025
- Mar 10, 2025 "Sacred Sands," March 9, 2025
- Mar 4, 2025 "21st Century Christian Witness," March 2, 2025
- Mar 4, 2025 "Siblings, Enemies, Siblings Again," February 23, 2025
- Feb 18, 2025 "Say It Twice," February 16, 2025
- Feb 18, 2025 "Someone or Someplace," February 9, 2025
- Feb 5, 2025 "The Opposite of Love Is" - February 2, 2025
- Jan 28, 2025 "Carrying Miracles," January 19, 2025
- Jan 14, 2025 "Creative Chaos," January 12, 2025
- Jan 14, 2025 "Celebration as Resistance," January 5, 2025
- Jan 14, 2025 "Not Just Mary's Treasure," December 29, 2024
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2024
- Dec 27, 2024 "Treasuring These Times," December 24, 2024
- Dec 27, 2024 "We're All Singing Mary's Song," December 22, 2024
- Dec 27, 2024 "Held In Our Hearts," December 8, 2024
- Dec 4, 2024 "Face to Face," December 1, 2024
- Nov 19, 2024 "Alarms of Togetherness," November 17, 2024
- Nov 19, 2024 "The Next, Not the First," November 10, 2024
- Nov 4, 2024 "Not Far From Your Neighbor," November 3, 2024
- Oct 30, 2024 "Seeing What Can't Be Believed," October 27, 2024
- Oct 22, 2024 "Greatness Altogether Different," October 20, 2024
- Oct 17, 2024 "The Body, Gifts and Offices," October 13, 2024
- Oct 8, 2024 "Standing: in the gap, on justice," October 6, 2024
- Oct 4, 2024 "Always Justice," September 29, 2024
- Sep 17, 2024 "Divine Lenses," September 15, 2024
- Sep 11, 2024 "Present Together," September 8, 2024
- Sep 3, 2024 "Labor in the Pulpit," September 1, 2024
- Aug 26, 2024 "Day Old Bread," August 25, 2024
- Aug 19, 2024 "Eat Your Fill," August 18, 2024
- Aug 13, 2024 "Waiting, and Bread and Wine," August 11, 2024
- Aug 6, 2024 "Hungry Hungry People," August 4, 2024
- Jul 30, 2024 "Wrong Cave, Wrong Time," July 28, 2024
- Jul 24, 2024 "Significant Thresholds," July 21, 2024
- Jul 16, 2024 "The Lesser of Two Evils," July 14, 2024
- Jul 8, 2024 "Dust or be Dusted," July 7, 2024
- Jul 3, 2024 "Reached and Reaching: God's Blessing," June 30, 2024
- Jun 25, 2024 "The Sacred Act of Rest," June 23, 2024
- Jun 20, 2024 "The Language of the Kingdom," June 16, 2024
- Jun 11, 2024 "A More Perfect Union," June 9, 2024
- Jun 3, 2024 "Kindness of All Kinds," June 2, 2024
- May 27, 2024 "The Voice of Nicodemus," May 26, 2024
- May 21, 2024 "Resurrected Community: Serendipitous Spirit," May 19, 2024
- May 6, 2024 "Resurrected Community: Becoming Friends Becoming," May 5, 2024
- Apr 29, 2024 “Resurrected Community: Queer Chariots on Wilderness Roads,” April 28, 2024
- Apr 24, 2024 "Resurrected Community: Free to Rest," April 21, 2024
- Apr 16, 2024 "Resurrected Community: Give Someone a Fish," April 14, 2024
- Apr 8, 2024 "Resurrected Community: One Heart and Soul," April 7, 2024
- Apr 1, 2024 "Let Hope Blossom," Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024
- Apr 1, 2024 "Watch for Thrown Cloaks," March 24, 2024
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2021
- Oct 3, 2021 Our Brother, the Cosmic Christ
- Sep 26, 2021 The Problem with Petitionary Prayer
- Sep 5, 2021 Renewing Love of Neighbor Pt. 4: Common Ground
- Aug 30, 2021 Renewing Love of Neighbor Pt. 3: Saving Society
- Aug 22, 2021 Renewing Love of Neighbor Pt. 2: Practicing Church
- Aug 15, 2021 Renewing Love of Neighbor Pt. 1: Becoming "That Kind of Person"
- May 23, 2021 Given: Selfless Self-Love
- May 16, 2021 Befriending Brokenness
- Apr 25, 2021 More Than a Machine (Earth Day Sunday)
- Apr 11, 2021 The Church Gathered, the Church Sent
- Apr 4, 2021 A Poor Conclusion (Easter)
- Mar 28, 2021 The Symbol of the Cross
- Mar 14, 2021 Love and...Condemnation?
- Mar 7, 2021 So Dang Inconvenient!
- Feb 28, 2021 Faithful
- Feb 14, 2021 Make Some Space!
- Feb 7, 2021 The Cows Are in the Road
- Jan 31, 2021 In Secret
- Jan 24, 2021 Abide in Flame
- Jan 3, 2021 When Reality Lags
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2020
- Dec 20, 2020 Is That the Whole Story?
- Dec 6, 2020 Who's Doing the Waiting?
- Nov 29, 2020 Demolition and Renovation
- Nov 24, 2020 Are You Jesus?
- Nov 8, 2020 Waiting
- Nov 1, 2020 The Spirit and Justice
- Mar 29, 2020 O Lord God, You Know (and I Don't)
- Mar 22, 2020 Presence
- Feb 23, 2020 Witness
- Feb 9, 2020 Wear the Label
- Feb 2, 2020 You're in the Right Place If...
- Jan 26, 2020 Jesus Moves into the Neighborhood
- Jan 19, 2020 Peace Not as the World Gives
- Jan 12, 2020 What Does It Mean to Be a Christian?
- Jan 5, 2020 The Word in the World
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2019
- Dec 15, 2019 Holy Waiting
- Nov 24, 2019 The Cosmic Christ, Crucified
- Nov 17, 2019 Inhale, Exhale
- Nov 10, 2019 Living Theology
- Nov 3, 2019 Taking the Costume Off
- Oct 27, 2019 Life Review
- Oct 20, 2019 Don't Lose Heart
- Oct 13, 2019 Three Years Later
- Oct 6, 2019 Children or Slaves, Freedom or Obligation?
- Sep 22, 2019 A Case for Prayer
- Sep 8, 2019 On the Basis of Love
- Sep 1, 2019 Nasty Disturbing Uncomfortable Things!
- Aug 18, 2019 Burn It Down
- Aug 4, 2019 With Cords of Kindness, with Bonds of Love
- Jul 28, 2019 Ask, Seek, Knock
- Jul 21, 2019 Streambeds and Olive Trees
- Jul 14, 2019 Jesus Saves
- Jul 7, 2019 God of the Little People
- Jun 23, 2019 Alone in the Tombs
- May 26, 2019 The Everywhere Temple
- May 12, 2019 I’ve Started to Make Heaven My Home
- May 5, 2019 The Art of Apocalypse
- Apr 28, 2019 Revelation: A Line in the Sand
- Apr 21, 2019 An Idle Tale
- Apr 7, 2019 Filled Up, Poured Out
- Mar 24, 2019 We Need to Talk
- Mar 17, 2019 Presence and Dependence
- Mar 10, 2019 Identity: Beloved
- Feb 24, 2019 Eunuchs, Cotillions, and the Boundless Love of God
- Feb 17, 2019 A Ministry of Blessing
- Feb 12, 2019 From the Abstract Lord to the Concrete Jesus
- Jan 27, 2019 Sharing
- Jan 20, 2019 The End of Our Powers
- Jan 13, 2019 Reaching Out
- Jan 6, 2019 Journeying Toward the Light
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2018
- Dec 20, 2018 The Universal Wrapped Up in the Particular
- Dec 9, 2018 What is a Prophet?
- Nov 25, 2018 Practicing Thanksgiving
- Nov 18, 2018 Sowing in Tears
- Oct 21, 2018 The Long Road of Becoming
- Oct 14, 2018 What if?
- Oct 7, 2018 On Divorce
- Sep 23, 2018 Be
- Sep 16, 2018 On the Way
- Sep 9, 2018 Be Opened
- Sep 2, 2018 Inside/Outside
- Aug 26, 2018 Be Prepared
- Aug 19, 2018 Choosing Wisdom
- Aug 12, 2018 Signs
- Aug 5, 2018 Trust in Me
- Jul 22, 2018 Brought Near
- May 27, 2018 I Am Lost!
- May 20, 2018 The Touching of Lives
- May 13, 2018 Love/Hate
- May 6, 2018 Christ in Context
- Apr 22, 2018 Home
- Apr 15, 2018 The Whole Jesus
- Apr 1, 2018 No End in Sight
- Mar 25, 2018 The Crucified King
- Mar 18, 2018 Spiritual X-rays
- Mar 11, 2018 What Is Love?
- Feb 25, 2018 WWJD?
- Feb 18, 2018 A Gracious Gash in the Universe
- Feb 11, 2018 Walking Together
- Feb 4, 2018 Hunting Jesus Down
- Jan 28, 2018 Freedom from the Demonic
- Jan 21, 2018 Calling
- Jan 14, 2018 Surprising Voices
- Jan 7, 2018 A Light in the Darkness
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2017
- Dec 31, 2017 A Product of Our Environment
- Dec 18, 2017 Mary's "Yes"
- Dec 10, 2017 Some Good News and Some Bad News
- Dec 3, 2017 Calling in the Professional
- Nov 26, 2017 The Curved Out Kingdom
- Nov 20, 2017 What We Think About God
- Nov 12, 2017 The Story We Choose
- Nov 5, 2017 Out of the Wilderness
- Oct 29, 2017 Remembering the Reformation
- Oct 22, 2017 Lifted from the Water
- Oct 15, 2017 In the Breach
- Oct 1, 2017 Is the Lord Among Us or Not?
- Sep 24, 2017 Enough
- Sep 17, 2017 The Freedom of Forgiveness
- Sep 3, 2017 Let Love Be Genuine
- Aug 13, 2017 In Response to the Racism and Violence of the alt-right in Charlottesville, VA.
- Jul 30, 2017 The Lord is Near
- Jul 23, 2017 For the Hearts Still Beating
- Jul 16, 2017 A Ship Called "Salvation"
- Jul 9, 2017 Lenticular Printing, Kenosis, Leo Tolstoy, and Other Pretentious Sounding Stuff
- Jun 25, 2017 What Happened to You?
- Jun 18, 2017 Between Days
- Jun 11, 2017 Dancing with the Trinity
- Jun 4, 2017 Heavy Metal, Severed Body Parts, and the Holy Spirit
- May 28, 2017 Fight or Flight or...?
- May 21, 2017 The Unknown God
- May 14, 2017 Red Rocks, Cairns, and the Way of Jesus
- May 7, 2017 The Joy of Inadequacy
- Apr 30, 2017 The Realest, Truest, Goodest News
- Apr 23, 2017 Wounded
- Apr 16, 2017 Give Us Eyes to See. Give Us Ears to Hear.
- Apr 9, 2017 How Did We Get Here?
- Apr 2, 2017 The One Coming into the World
- Mar 26, 2017 Seeing in the Dark
- Mar 19, 2017 Give Me This Water
- Mar 12, 2017 Letting Our Feet Leave the Ground
- Mar 5, 2017 Trusting God in the Wilderness
- Feb 26, 2017 Transfiguration
- Feb 19, 2017 Foundation
- Feb 12, 2017 River of Life
- Feb 5, 2017 Have Hope! Things Are Usually Pretty Bad
- Jan 29, 2017 Gettin' Down
- Jan 22, 2017 Paul, Apollos, Cephas, and…Isaac? Oh, and Jesus
- Jan 1, 2017 The Knowledge of Jesus
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2016
- Dec 24, 2016 Finding the Good News
- Dec 18, 2016 The Real and the Really Real
- Dec 11, 2016 Who Are We Waiting For?
- Dec 4, 2016 The Freedom of Repentance
- Nov 27, 2016 Audacious Hope
- Nov 20, 2016 The Blue Lagoon, Revelation, and the Crucified God
- Nov 13, 2016 Don’t Wanna Live Without Teeth, Don’t Wanna Die Without Bite
- Oct 30, 2016 Down From the Tree and Into the Crowd