Stories & Sermons

Sacred Bloodlines Sermon by Rev. Brian Combs, October 21, 2020 Since genetic testing became commercially available, consumers have been pulling back the veil on their ancestry.  After collecting a culture, the strands of DNA are sent off to a lab.  When the results come back in the mail, ethnicity is broken down into a pie chart of...

There is a recording on my phone. It is from March 11, 2020, starts at about 11:00 a.m., and lasts 37 minutes. Looking back, I realize this is the last time someone walked into my office, took a seat across from me and shared a part of their story. I could not have anticipated that...

God in the Obvious and Ordinary Sermon by: Rev. Brian Combs, 9/28/2020 The world is full of expert opinions on meeting God: pick up the spatula and serve someone else, God will be waiting in line holding an empty plate.  Summit the highest mountain and sit in silence, God will be waiting in the rarified...

Going Overboard Sermon by: Rev. Brian Combs, August 2020 Peter is so easily dismissible.  Puffed up with hubris, he rebukes the Christ, silencing any talk about wooden crosses and sandy graves.  Unhinged with violence, he unsheathes his sword, cutting off a servant’s ear.  Hurried with rejection, he denies being a follower, refusing his Christianity three...