Dave Buerstetta on striving to do justice and love others while walking humbly with God
According to (what we've designated as) the 13th chapter of Acts of the Apostles, the leaders of the Way were diverse from the very beginning. Apparently, I hadn't previously read this part of Acts closely enough, because that revelation kind of shocked me. Those leaders weren't afraid to boldly confront evil, which can be inspiring. …
Continue reading ‘The First Dream Team’: a sermon on Acts 13
Now that I have my sermons in a more easily-uploadable format (Thanks, Reid!), I figured they would become regular content here. [checks date on most recent post] Oops. Clearly, it is sermon time again. We're in the midst of a series on Acts of the Apostles. We're basically looking at one chapter per week. Below …
Continue reading ‘Delightfully Stranger Things’: a sermon on Acts 12
I don't always get to preach two weeks in a row, so when I do I try to connect them, to make them into a mini-series at least. This time however, we are doing a series on the book of The Acts of the Apostles. So the sermon I'm posting here from May 13th (Mother's …
Continue reading Busting Taboos, part 2: Sermons on Acts 10 & 11
The sermon series on Acts of the Apostles (which I first wrote about here) continues. I preached on May 6th and May 13th on chapters 10 and 11, respectively. Many others have said this many times, but the story told in Acts 10 & 11 is the most significant story the church has. As I …
While my job title is not Associate Pastor, that's what it would be in most church settings. Someone else is the Lead Pastor (she's awesome, by the way!). My responsibilities include youth ministry as well as our justice and outreach ministries. As you might expect, I help lead our two Sunday worship services. But what …
I am bad at posting the text of my sermons -- mostly because I don't usually write a manuscript from which to preach and then post. Plus, I'm convinced that sermons are best experienced when heard, rather than just read. Here then, is the audio from yesterday's sermon. My editing talents are limited so there …
Today is Thorsday (aka Thursday) and, I'm told, it's also #NationalSuperheroDay. I don't know why that's a thing, but I like it. Since I was just talking with a friend about a sermon I once did about Thor...seems like a good day for an archive post. Plus, I really do enjoy Marvel's Thor books. The …
My task this week is to tackle some of those most mysterious teachings of Jesus that we usually call parables. In particular, parables about what the author of Matthew's gospel calls the Kingdom of God Heaven. Why 'Heaven' instead of 'God'? Most likely the author was Jewish or was writing for a Jewish audience or …
You might think that putting up a sermon is the easiest kind of post. I mean, really, the content is already created, how hard could it be? Yet, somehow, it never ends up being that easy for me. Once again, here it is Thursday and I'm just now posting my sermon from this past Sunday …
Here's my sermon from Sunday (October 7). As I'm sure you've figured out, I called it "Eat This Bread...For a Stronger, Kinder Faith: Redefining Liturgy, part 2." Part 1 was last week. Part 3 drops next week (October 21) at our Evening Worship. Again, this sermon was inspired and informed by my reading of Brian …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 