Sermon Archive

• 

  Learning to Walk in the Dark

  Artisan Winter Read 2025
  Feb. 2, 2025 – March 2, 2025
• 

  Coming Home

  Revisiting Our Values
  Jan. 5, 2025 – Jan. 26, 2025
• 

  Work of the People (What's Saving My Faith)

  What's Saving My Faith
  Feb. 19, 2023 – Dec. 31, 2024
• 

  Immersed in Awe

  An Advent Sereis
  Dec. 1, 2024 – Dec. 29, 2024
• 

  Community and Connection

  A discussion with Artisan's Staff and Leadership Team
  Nov. 24, 2024
• 

  With God On Our Side?

  An election season series about America and what it means to be the people of God
  Oct. 27, 2024 – Nov. 17, 2024
• 

  Steeped in Wisdom

  The Challenges Peacemakers Face
  Sept. 22, 2024 – Oct. 20, 2024
• 

  Artisan Summer Read

  Long Way Home
  Aug. 18, 2024 – Sept. 15, 2024
• 

  Ordinary Time 2024

  A sermon series for ordinary time
  May 26, 2024 – Aug. 25, 2024
• 

  Scapegoats and Scapegoating

  The Woman Saved from Stoning
  Aug. 11, 2024
• 

  Pentecost

  May 19, 2024
• 

  Eastertide 2024

  March 31, 2024 – May 12, 2024
• 

  Lent

  Feb. 18, 2024 – March 24, 2024
• 

  Epiphany

  New year, new revelation
  Jan. 7, 2024 – Feb. 11, 2024
• 

  Advent

  Dec. 3, 2023 – Dec. 24, 2023
• 

  Christ the King

  Nov. 26, 2023
• 

  Make Peace

  Oct. 29, 2023 – Nov. 12, 2023
• 

  Transitions

  Oct. 22, 2023
• 

  Church: Why Bother?

  Sept. 24, 2023 – Oct. 15, 2023
• 

  All Are Welcome

  Queer Inclusion From a Christian Perspective
  Aug. 27, 2023 – Sept. 10, 2023
• 

  Great Green Growing Time

  An Ordinary Time Series
  June 4, 2023 – Aug. 27, 2023
• 

  Recovering Prayer

  Prayer for People who Can’t Pray Anymore
  April 16, 2023 – May 21, 2023
• 

  Work of the People (Wholehearted Faith)

  Artisan Community Read: Wholehearted Faith
  Feb. 26, 2023 – April 9, 2023
• 

  Work of the People (Epiphany)

  Epiphany
  Jan. 8, 2023 – Feb. 19, 2023
• 

  Work of the People (Advent)

  Advent
  Nov. 27, 2022 – Jan. 1, 2023
• 

  Work of the People

  Liturgy as Community
  Oct. 30, 2022 – Nov. 20, 2022
• 

  Foundations

  The values that define us.
  Sept. 25, 2022 – Oct. 23, 2022
• 

  World Falling Apart*

  *But We’re Staying Together
  Aug. 14, 2022 – Sept. 18, 2022
• 

  The Church in the World

  Celebrating the Global Church
  July 17, 2022 – Aug. 7, 2022
• 

  Gospel of John: Conclusion (Part Two)

  Part Two
  June 12, 2022 – July 10, 2022
• 

  Celebration Sunday

  Baptisms, dedications and confirmations
  June 5, 2022
• 

  Gospel of John: Conclusion

  Part One
  April 24, 2022 – May 29, 2022
• 

  Easter

  April 17, 2022
• 

  Lenten Jubilee

  Rebuilding a Life Together
  March 6, 2022 – April 10, 2022
• 

  First Light

  Spiritual Practices After a Long Night
  Feb. 13, 2022 – Feb. 27, 2022
• 

  Gradual Light

  emerging from darkness
  Jan. 9, 2022 – Feb. 6, 2022
• 

  Christmastide

  Dec. 26, 2021 – Jan. 2, 2022
• 

  Advent

  Nov. 28, 2021 – Dec. 24, 2021
• 

  Reign of Christ

  Nov. 21, 2021
• 

  Thankful

  Nov. 7, 2021 – Nov. 14, 2021
• 

  All the Saints

  Oct. 24, 2021 – Oct. 31, 2021
• 

  Reclaiming Christianity

  Out with the new, in with the old
  Sept. 12, 2021 – Oct. 17, 2021
• 

  The New Normal*

  *is neither new nor normal
  Aug. 8, 2021 – Sept. 5, 2021
• 

  Embrace the Ordinary

  A summer series through Ordinary Time
  June 6, 2021 – July 25, 2021
• 

  Open Doors

  God’s ever-widening welcome
  April 11, 2021 – May 30, 2021
• 

  Lent and Easter

  Life After Suffering
  Feb. 21, 2021 – April 4, 2021
• 

  Epiphany 2021

  Jan. 10, 2021 – Feb. 14, 2021

• Christmas 2020

  Dec. 24, 2020 – Jan. 3, 2021
• 

  Advent 2020

  Ready for a new beginning?
  Nov. 29, 2020 – Dec. 20, 2020
• 

  Community+

  Multiplying Our Values
  Oct. 25, 2020 – Nov. 22, 2020
• 

  Community-X

  Relationships in Exile and Exodus
  Sept. 13, 2020 – Oct. 18, 2020
• 

  Summer in the City

  July 12, 2020 – Sept. 6, 2020
• 

  Three

  Reflections on Trinity
  June 7, 2020 – June 28, 2020
• 

  Eastertide 2020

  A Lectionary Series
  April 19, 2020 – May 31, 2020
• 

  Holy Weekend

  From Darkness to Light
  April 10, 2020 – April 12, 2020
• 

  Deconstruction Project

  Faith for When Things Are Falling Apart
  March 1, 2020 – April 5, 2020
• 

  Wintry Mix

  A Series to Get Us Through to Spring
  Dec. 29, 2019 – Feb. 23, 2020
• 

  God in the Darkness

  Awakening to Advent
  Dec. 1, 2019 – Dec. 22, 2019
• 

  On the Road With Jesus

  Traveling With the Teacher
  Oct. 6, 2019 – Nov. 24, 2019
• 

  Inside Out Faith

  A return to the lectionary
  Sept. 8, 2019 – Sept. 29, 2019
• 

  Exploring Our Values: Immersed

  A non-linear, multi-sensory, self-directed worship experience
  Sept. 1, 2019
• 

  Artisan: A Parable

  Pastoral Residency: Kristen Brown
  July 21, 2019 – Aug. 25, 2019

• Stories We Need

  July 14, 2019

• Encountering God

  Stories of Faith
  July 7, 2019

• Decorating Time

  The Psalms of Artisan
  June 2, 2019 – June 30, 2019

• Pastoral Residency: Judy Howard Peterson

  #Better News
  April 28, 2019 – May 26, 2019

• Sending Forth

  April 28, 2019

• Easter

  Christ is Risen!
  April 21, 2019

• Change Your Mind!

  A Lenten journey of repentance and evolving faith
  March 10, 2019 – April 19, 2019

• Epiphany

  Christ revealed
  Jan. 6, 2019 – March 3, 2019

• Christmastide

  God, embodied
  Dec. 24, 2018 – Dec. 30, 2018

• Advent

  Waiting With Jesus
  Dec. 2, 2018 – Dec. 23, 2018

• Growing in Faith Together

  Revisited
  Nov. 4, 2018 – Nov. 25, 2018

• Ordinary Time - Fall 2018

  Oct. 14, 2018 – Oct. 28, 2018

• Beloved Community

  Loving our neighbors as ourselves
  Sept. 9, 2018 – Oct. 7, 2018

• Ordinary Time – Summer 2018

  Continuing our year in the Lectionary
  July 1, 2018 – Sept. 2, 2018

• The Church and the Governing Authorities

  A Christian response to family separation
  June 17, 2018 – June 24, 2018

• Ordinary Time – Spring 2018

  Continuing our year in the Lectionary
  May 27, 2018 – June 10, 2018

• Easter

  A Season of Resurrection
  April 1, 2018 – May 20, 2018

• Lent

  From ashes to celebration
  Feb. 14, 2018 – March 25, 2018

• Epiphany

  Christ, realized
  Jan. 7, 2018 – Feb. 11, 2018

• Christmastide

  Christmas as a Season
  Dec. 24, 2017 – Dec. 31, 2017

• Advent

  Dec. 3, 2017 – Dec. 24, 2017

• Testifying to the King

  Christ’s reign in our heart and in our world
  Nov. 19, 2017 – Nov. 26, 2017

• Growing in Faith Together

  Next steps for Artisan’s building
  Oct. 15, 2017 – Nov. 12, 2017

• Fall Lectionary

  Anchoring Rhythms
  Aug. 27, 2017 – Oct. 8, 2017

• Series for Summer

  Hearts Strangely Warmed
  July 30, 2017 – Aug. 20, 2017

• Journeying with John

  Signs of Faith, Part Ten
  June 18, 2017 – July 23, 2017

• Pentecost

  June 4, 2017 – June 11, 2017

• Being Christian

  Artisan’s Spring Read
  April 23, 2017 – May 28, 2017

• Lent 2017

  March 5, 2017 – April 16, 2017

• Easter

  Easter Sunday 2017
  April 16, 2017

• Journeying with John

  Signs of Faith, Part Nine
  Feb. 5, 2017 – Feb. 26, 2017

• Widows and Orphans

  The call to care for the marginalized
  Jan. 22, 2017 – Jan. 29, 2017

• 2017

  Looking back, looking ahead
  Jan. 1, 2017 – Jan. 15, 2017

• Advent 2016

  Advent and Christmas Eve 2016
  Nov. 27, 2016 – Dec. 24, 2016

• The Second Law

  The Book of Deuteronomy From a Christian Perspective
  Oct. 9, 2016 – Nov. 20, 2016

• Mixtape 2016

  Music for the heart, soul, and mind
  Sept. 4, 2016 – Oct. 2, 2016

• Deep Waters

  Scripture, Prayer, and Service
  Aug. 14, 2016 – Aug. 28, 2016

• Invitation & Welcome

  Who is your +1?
  July 31, 2016 – Aug. 7, 2016

• Journeying with John

  Signs of Faith, Part Eight
  July 3, 2016 – July 24, 2016

• How to Read the Bible

  (like a Christian)
  June 12, 2016 – June 26, 2016

• Early Summer Special

  Two very special weeks
  May 29, 2016 – June 5, 2016

• Pentecost

  The rushing wind of the Spirit
  May 15, 2016 – May 22, 2016

• A Christlike God

  How God is like Jesus, and why it matters
  April 24, 2016 – May 8, 2016

• A Beautiful Gospel

  Glad tidings for Eastertide 2016
  March 27, 2016 – April 17, 2016

• Lent 2016

  Preparing our hearts for resurrection
  Feb. 14, 2016 – March 20, 2016

• Sending the Seventy-Two

  What it means to follow Jesus
  Feb. 7, 2016

• Give!

  Open hands, open hearts
  Jan. 24, 2016 – Jan. 31, 2016

• Winter Series

  Reflections at Year’s End
  Dec. 27, 2015 – Jan. 17, 2016

• Advent

  Anticipate Jesus
  Nov. 29, 2015 – Dec. 20, 2015

• Our Next Decade: Roots

  Reaffirming our foundational values
  Nov. 8, 2015 – Nov. 22, 2015

• Our Next Decade: Beauty

  Reaffirming our foundational values
  Oct. 18, 2015 – Nov. 1, 2015

• Our Next Decade: Community

  Reaffirming our foundational values
  Sept. 27, 2015 – Oct. 11, 2015

• Our Next Decade: Justice

  Reaffirming our foundational values
  Sept. 6, 2015 – Sept. 20, 2015

• Baber Vist 2015

  Worshiping together as brothers and sisters
  Aug. 30, 2015

• Our Next Decade: Awe

  Reaffirming our foundational values
  Aug. 9, 2015 – Aug. 23, 2015

• Journeying with John

  Signs of Faith, Part Seven
  July 26, 2015 – Aug. 2, 2015

• Life Together

  Artisan Summer Read 2015
  June 21, 2015 – July 19, 2015

• Spring Series

  A few standalone Sundays
  May 24, 2015 – June 14, 2015

• Atonement

  How Jesus Saves Us
  April 5, 2015 – May 17, 2015

• Lent 2015

  Journeying With John (aka Signs of Faith Part Seven)
  Feb. 15, 2015 – April 3, 2015

• Healing and Harm

  The church’s role in mental and physical health
  Jan. 25, 2015 – Feb. 8, 2015

• Treasures in Heaven

  Exploring Financial Faithfulness
  Jan. 11, 2015 – Jan. 18, 2015

• Christmastide

  Jesus at last!
  Dec. 24, 2014 – Jan. 4, 2015

• Bind up the Brokenhearted

  An Advent series about despair and hope in our city
  Nov. 30, 2014 – Dec. 21, 2014

• Family of Abraham

  Blessed to be a blessing
  Oct. 26, 2014 – Nov. 23, 2014

• Philippians

  Exhortations From Prison
  Sept. 28, 2014 – Oct. 19, 2014

• Flannelgraph

  The Old Testament story, in felt
  Aug. 24, 2014 – Sept. 21, 2014

• Ferguson

  A special current message about current events
  Aug. 17, 2014

• Signs of Faith, Part Six

  Experiencing John’s Gospel
  Aug. 3, 2014 – Aug. 10, 2014

• Artisan Summer Read

  The Blue Parakeet
  July 6, 2014 – July 27, 2014

• Signs of Faith, Part Five

  Experiencing John’s Gospel
  June 15, 2014 – June 22, 2014

• Pentecost Sunday

  June 8, 2014

• Proclaim

  Reimagining Evangelism
  April 27, 2014 – June 1, 2014

• Easter

  Celebrating Resurrection
  April 20, 2014

• Lent 2014

  The Problem Lies With Me
  March 5, 2014 – April 13, 2014

• Faith at Work

  Following Jesus “Beyond Our Walls”
  Feb. 9, 2014 – March 2, 2014

• Faith at Home

  Following Jesus “Beyond Our Walls”
  Jan. 5, 2014 – Feb. 2, 2014

• Advent and Christmas

  A World in Need of a Savior
  Dec. 1, 2013 – Dec. 29, 2013

• Ambassadors of Reconciliation

  Faith, Race, and Our City
  Nov. 3, 2013 – Nov. 24, 2013

• Gardening in Babylon

  Living Faith Like an Exile
  Oct. 6, 2013 – Oct. 27, 2013

• Beyond Our Walls

  Our 2013-14 Thematic Thread
  Sept. 15, 2013 – Sept. 29, 2013

• Reaching Out

  Three Movements of the Spiritual Life
  Aug. 18, 2013 – Sept. 8, 2013

• Loving God, the Jesus Way

  Heart & Mind, Soul & Strength
  Aug. 4, 2013 – Aug. 11, 2013

• Speaking of God

  Metaphors and analogies for the divine
  July 7, 2013 – July 28, 2013

• Signs of Faith, Part Four

  Experiencing John’s Gospel
  June 2, 2013 – June 30, 2013

• Pentecost

  2013
  May 19, 2013 – May 26, 2013

• Justice Rolls Down

  The Bible’s many words on justice
  April 7, 2013 – May 12, 2013

• Easter Sunday

  Celebrating the resurrection!
  March 31, 2013

• Lent 2013

  Penitence and preparation
  Feb. 13, 2013 – March 29, 2013

• Deeply Rooted (Revisited)

  Continuing to build on our calling
  Feb. 3, 2013 – Feb. 10, 2013

• Signs of Faith, Part Three

  Experiencing John’s Gospel
  Jan. 6, 2013 – Jan. 27, 2013

• Advent Conspiracy

  Spend less, give more
  Nov. 24, 2012 – Dec. 25, 2012

• Ancient Paths, New Shoes

  Exploring Artisan’s Values
  Nov. 11, 2012 – Nov. 25, 2012

• Signs of Faith, Part Two

  Experiencing John’s Gospel - Part Two
  Oct. 21, 2012 – Nov. 4, 2012

• My Faith Won’t Fit (On A Bumper Sticker)

  Sept. 9, 2012 – Oct. 14, 2012

• Artisan Mixtape

  An eclectic mix, perfect for sharing with friends
  Aug. 12, 2012 – Sept. 2, 2012

• Hospitality

  Recovering a Lost Art
  July 15, 2012 – Aug. 5, 2012

• Proverbs

  Extraordinary Wisdom for Ordinary Life
  July 1, 2012 – July 8, 2012

• Signs of Faith

  Experiencing John’s Gospel
  May 13, 2012 – June 24, 2012

• Spring Break

  April 29, 2012 – May 6, 2012

• Beauty For Ashes

  A Lenten Journey
  Feb. 26, 2012 – April 22, 2012

• Matters of Life and Death

  Living for Jesus every day
  Jan. 15, 2012 – Feb. 19, 2012

• Advent & Christmas

  Preparing for the Day of the Lord
  Nov. 27, 2011 – Jan. 8, 2012

• Deeply Rooted

  Building On Our Calling
  Oct. 16, 2011 – Nov. 6, 2011

• Psalms

  The Poetry of Faith
  Sept. 25, 2011 – Oct. 9, 2011

• Jesus on Community

  The words of the Lord about life together
  Aug. 28, 2011 – Sept. 18, 2011

• The Means of Grace

  The sacraments of baptism and communion
  Aug. 7, 2011 – Aug. 21, 2011

• Building Bridges

  Working for local justice
  July 17, 2011 – July 24, 2011

• What is the Church?

  (and what it’s not)
  May 22, 2011 – June 26, 2011

• The Why and How of Work

  May 1, 2011 – May 15, 2011

• Lent 2011

  40 days of renewal
  March 13, 2011 – April 24, 2011

• Marriage and Relationships

  Loving each other as God loves us
  Feb. 6, 2011 – March 6, 2011

• The Sermon on the Mount

  Astounding Authority
  Jan. 2, 2011 – Jan. 30, 2011

• Advent and Christmas 2010

  Preparing our hearts for Jesus
  Nov. 28, 2010 – Dec. 26, 2010

• The Person of Christ

  An in-depth look at Jesus and his ministry.
  Nov. 7, 2010 – Nov. 21, 2010

• Creation and Science: Why Can’t We Be Friends?

  Miniseries Oct 17 – Oct 24
  Oct. 17, 2010 – Oct. 24, 2010

• Jeremiah

  The days are surely coming
  Sept. 5, 2010 – Oct. 10, 2010

• Colossians

  Study in Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians
  Aug. 15, 2010 – Aug. 29, 2010

• Parables for Sinners and Saints

  the subversive stories of Jesus
  July 11, 2010 – Aug. 8, 2010

• Healthy Missional Church

  A Primer from the Book of Ephesians
  May 2, 2010 – June 27, 2010

• Pulse

  Nothing but the Blood
  March 28, 2010 – April 25, 2010

• Prayer

  A People Seeking God
  Feb. 21, 2010 – March 21, 2010

• Jesus Revealed

  Christ in Word and Deed
  Jan. 10, 2010 – Feb. 8, 2010

• Small Gifts

  Good things come
  Dec. 6, 2009 – Jan. 3, 2010

• FlannelGraph!

  The Old Testament Story. Less Fuzzy.
  Nov. 8, 2009 – Nov. 29, 2009

• Neighborhood Matters

  Be More Together
  Oct. 11, 2009 – Nov. 1, 2009

• Dead by X-mas

  Survive. Thrive. Revive. The College Years.
  Sept. 13, 2009 – Oct. 4, 2009

• Being Artisan

  Why We Do What We Do
  Aug. 23, 2009 – Sept. 6, 2009

• You Can’t Talk about That in Church

  (bet me)
  Aug. 2, 2009 – Aug. 16, 2009

• David: Fall of a Man

  Fallen • Broken • Hopeful
  July 12, 2009 – July 26, 2009

• David: Rise of a King

  Chosen • Reckless • Unashamed
  June 14, 2009 – July 1, 2009

• 3-in-One

  Ascension • Pentecost • Trinity Sunday
  May 24, 2009 – June 7, 2009

• We Will

  God Asks. God Promises.
  April 20, 2009 – May 17, 2009

• Holy Week 09

  Palm Sunday • Good Friday • Easter
  April 5, 2009 – April 12, 2009

• Wild

  Reckless pursuit of untamed faith.
  March 1, 2009 – March 29, 2009

• Got To Be Free

  Study of the Book of Philemon
  Feb. 8, 2009 – March 1, 2009

• Change

  Love it. Loathe it. Learn from it.
  Jan. 25, 2009 – Feb. 1, 2009

• Days of Jesus

  Every Day Counts
  Dec. 28, 2008 – Jan. 18, 2009

• Advent Conspiracy

  Give Presence
  Nov. 30, 2008 – Dec. 21, 2008

• Contender

  Be Somebody
  Nov. 16, 2008 – Nov. 23, 2008

• Scarecrow

  What Are You Afraid Of?
  Oct. 19, 2008 – Nov. 9, 2008

• Connect and Grow

  Next Steps for Friendship & Faith
  Oct. 5, 2008 – Oct. 12, 2008

• TXT Messages

  Connect. Send. Receive.
  Sept. 7, 2008 – Sept. 28, 2008

• Pause

  Finding Our Pace for the Human Race
  Aug. 3, 2008 – Aug. 31, 2008

• Joy on Purpose

  4-Week Study of the Book of Philippians
  July 6, 2008 – July 27, 2008

• One Prayer

  “God, Make Us...”
  June 1, 2008 – June 29, 2008

• Walk the Line

  A Music & Message Invite Series
  May 4, 2008 – May 25, 2008

• Belonging

  Life together in the way of Jesus
  April 20, 2008 – April 27, 2008

• Failed Christians

  Resurrecting Faith from Failure
  March 23, 2008 – April 13, 2008

• Plunge

  The Meaning and Mystery of Baptism
  March 16, 2008

• Stones & Bones

  Unearthing Faith’s Foundations
  Feb. 6, 2008 – March 9, 2008

• Money Mavericks

  Going Against the Cash Flow
  Jan. 13, 2008 – Jan. 27, 2008

• The Feasts of Christmastide

  A moving message series for Advent
  Dec. 24, 2007 – Jan. 6, 2008

• Winter Journey

  Finding our way to Christmas
  Nov. 25, 2007 – Dec. 23, 2007