Resurrection Park Slope

Scripture Reading: Acts 3:1-16 Sermon Series: Acts: To Change the World Sermon: Bearing Witness to God’s Power Preacher:  Pastor Chris Hildebrand

The transcendence that the church preaches is not alienation; it is not going to heaven to think about eternal life and forget about the problems on earth. It’s a transcendence from the human heart. It is entering into the reality of a child, of the poor,of those wearing rags, of the sick, of a hovel,of a shack. It […]

“The most important thing a pastor does is stand in a pulpit every Sunday and say, ‘Let us worship God.’ If that ceases to be the primary thing I do in terms of my energy, my imagination, and the way I structure my life, then I no longer function as a pastor.”- EUGENE PETERSON Series: That […]

“The early Christians, like their Jewish contemporaries, saw heaven and earth as the overlapping and interlocking spheres of God’s good creation, with the point being that heaven is the control room from which earth is run. To say that Jesus is now in heaven is to say three things. First, that he is present with […]

Oh, I got Dirty Feet I can’t get them clean. I got Dirty Feet If you know what I mean I been too long Scufflin’ in the dirty street I come away with Dirty Feet. — I got Dirty Feet They can’t go back. I got Dirty Feet. They left dirty tracks, And I’m lookin’ […]

“Joyful eating recognizes God as Creator of heaven and earth and of you and me. God has made food for our bodies, and our bodies for food, including all the sensations and associations that make eating pleasurable and satisfying. We should revel in-not be ashamed of!-our enjoyment of the simple pleasures of smelling, tasting and chewing. When we are […]

“Jesus himself submitted to John’s baptism. He was identifying with those he had come to rescue, fulfilling the covenant plan of his Father. And as he came up from the water, God’s Spirit descended on him like a dove, with a voice from heaven declaring that he was God’s true Son, Israel’s Messiah, the king. Jesus saw his kingdom-movement […]

“New Year’s resolutions tend to focus on new skills and habits to acquire. This is the year you’ll finally go to the gym or start taking lessons to brush up on your French or learn computer programming. But as the year begins, it can be salutary to think about what you already spend time practicing and if there are […]

“What is the difference between a Santa Claus God and a gift-giving God? The bare-bones answer is this: a Santa Claus God gives simply so we can have and enjoy things; the true God gives so we can become joyful givers and not just self absorbed receivers. God the giver has made us to be givers and obliges us […]

“For outlandish creatures like us, on our way to a heart, a brain, and courage, Bethlehem is not the end of our journey but only the beginning—not home but the place through which we must pass if ever we are to reach home at last.” – Frederick Buechner Series: Advent: Getting into the Christmas Spirit Title: Compassion […]

“By the way, a prison cell like this is a good analogy for Advent; one waits, hopes, does this or that—ultimately negligible things—the door is locked and can only be opened from the outside.” – DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, writing from a Nazi prison in Berlin, Germany in December, 1943. “Openness to God demands our growing acceptance that we cannot create […]