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In the days after Easter, when the alleluias begin to fade and the world still feels uncertain, we might find ourselves asking: Now what? In John 20:19–31, we encounter Thomas—not as a symbol of doubt to avoid, but as a companion in faith. His questions echo our own as we try to make sense of resurrection in a world that hasn’t fully changed. This Sunday, we’ll explore what it means to be an Easter people who don’t have all the answers, but who continue to show up, seek Christ, and bear witness to resurrection in our everyday lives.

The tomb is empty. Love wins. Now what? This Easter sermon is a bold, joy-filled proclamation that resurrection is not just something we believe—it’s something we live. In a world marked by grief and brokenness, we are called to rise, to act, and to bear witness to the transforming power of love. Because resurrection isn’t the end of the story. It’s the beginning of ours.

Palm Sunday isn’t just a celebration — it’s a moment of courage. As Jesus enters Jerusalem, the crowds cry out “Hosanna,” a word that means both praise and a plea: Save us. But this isn’t a quiet or safe moment. It’s a public, risky act of hope in the shadow of empire. In this final message of our Lenten series Bearing Witness, we explore what it means to practice love in public — a love that shows up, speaks out, and refuses to stay hidden. What does it look like to follow Jesus not just in belief, but in bold, visible, courageous love? And what might it mean to walk into Holy Week ready to bear witness — not just to celebration, but to the full story?

This week in our Lenten series Bearing Witness, we explore what it means to bear witness to hope in a world surrounded by death-dealing systems, despair, and exhaustion. In today’s reading of the Gospel (John 11:1-45), John’s story of Lazarus unfolds slowly in the shadow of grief. Mary and Martha mourn the loss of their brother, and even Jesus himself weeps at the tomb. Yet in the midst of that sorrow, Jesus speaks a powerful word of life: “Lazarus, come out.” Jesus does not ignore the pain of his friends, nor does he offer easy explanations for suffering. Instead, he meets people in their grief and still calls life forth from the tomb.

This week in our Lenten series Bearing Witness, we encounter the story of Jesus and the man born with limited vision (John 9:1–41). This powerful passage challenges harmful assumptions about suffering and invites us into deeper awareness of God’s work in our lives and world. As pressure mounts to deny lived experience and obscure truth, we explore how clarity emerges through integrity, courage, and faithful witness. What does it mean to speak truth, honor dignity, and bear witness to Christ’s transforming love today?

John 4:5–42 (The Voice) invites us to lean into our call to be a people who bear witness to truth. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus has an incredible encounter with a Samaritan woman, known in the Orthodox tradition as Photini. At the well, truth is spoken without shame and received with grace. The Samaritan woman’s testimony is powerful not because it is perfect, but because it is honest. When she returns to her village with an invitation to “Come and see,” her witness to truth becomes an act of liberation that ripples outward into the community.

In the second week of our Lenten series Bearing Witness: Seeing, Trusting, and Testifying to God at Work, we encounter Nicodemus’ nighttime conversation with Jesus (John 3:1–17). Together we explore what it means to trust God even when our understanding is still unfolding. This week invites us to consider how faith moves from private belief to public witness, and how trusting God’s transforming love can shape how we live, serve, and act in our community.

In this first week of Lent, we bear witness to struggle through Jesus’ time in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1–11). Rather than a battle with an external enemy, we explore this moment as a profound encounter between Jesus’ humanity and divinity — a struggle that reflects our own wrestling with calling, identity, and faith. What does it mean to struggle with God rather than because of God? Together we consider how leaning into our wilderness moments can deepen our trust, shape our discipleship, and empower us to bear witness to God’s transforming love in the world.

…must come down. Today we stand on the mountain (Matthew 17:1–9) with Peter, James, and John. We will witness Christ radiant in light. We will hear the voice that calls Him Beloved. And we will watch the disciples wrestle with what to do next. Because the mountain is not the destination. The light is given not to be preserved — but to be carried. As we prepare to enter Lent, we will explore what it means to live in the “already and not yet” of God’s kin-dom — and how we are called to come down the mountain as witnesses to resurrection

The next two Sundays, we stand at a threshold to the Lenten season. Drawing on Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians, we explore God’s wisdom as something that runs deeper than surface-level answers, power, or certainty. Paul reminds us that the heart of the Christian story is not domination or fear, but love that refuses to give up. The cross, once a tool of empire and death, becomes a witness to life and resurrection because Jesus remained faithful to a message of love, human worth, and divine connection, even when it cost him everything. As we prepare to enter the season of Lent, we are invited to slow down, to listen, and to practice witness by paying attention to where God’s Spirit is already at work in our lives and in the world.

Matthew 3:1-11 (CEB) invites us to the riverbank, where Jesus steps into the same muddy water as everyone else. We talk about baptism as an act of belonging, not exclusion — a public declaration that God’s love comes first, before accomplishment, before certainty, before we get anything “right.” This episode wrestles with what that means in a world determined to make us choose sides and exclude one another — and how belovedness can become a form of resistance.

What are you looking for? As a new year begins, this Epiphany sermon invites us to sit with that question alongside the Magi—outsiders, seekers, and learners who followed a star into the unknown. Drawing on Matthew 2:1–12, this reflection explores the social and political realities of Jesus’ world, the courage it takes to keep searching in the face of fear and power, and the surprising truth that God often meets us beyond the paths we already know. The Magi encounter both grace and resistance along the way—but their search is not deterred, and their lives are changed.

Today on The Momologian, we’re stepping into the Advent story through the eyes of someone who rarely gets the microphone — Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. Her story is one of silence that startles, promises that unsettle, and a peace that arrives not because the world is calm, but because God shows up right in the middle of the storm. In this episode, we’ll explore what it means to carry hope in a world that feels occupied by fear, to trust God when nothing makes sense, and to discover a peace that isn’t fragile or passive — a peace that finds us even before we feel ready to receive it. If you’ve ever wondered where peace is supposed to live when life feels uncertain… if you’ve ever held both joy and trembling in the same breath… if you’re longing for a reminder that God’s shalom still breaks into weary places — this one’s for you.

This week we begin the Advent season with a question at the heart of our hope: “What child is this?” Not a sentimental Christmas card version of Jesus, but the Christ who enters a world that feels—then and now—like the book of Lamentations: weary, anxious, grieving, longing for something better. In this episode, we explore how the birth of Jesus interrupts the shadow of empire with a defiant flicker of hope, and why Advent invites us not to escape the world’s pain but to look for God breaking into it. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the news, exhausted by uncertainty, or wondering how hope fits into this moment of history, this message is for you. Let’s begin our journey into Advent together.

On this Thanksgiving and Reign of Christ Sunday, we turn to Isaiah’s breathtaking vision of a world made new — a world where joy overflows, children thrive, elders flourish, and peace is not imagined but lived. In a time when many of us feel weary, scattered, or discouraged, this sermon invites us to see gratitude not as sentiment, but as spiritual resistance — a way of proclaiming that despair will not have the final word. Standing on the threshold of Advent, we explore how God is already planting seeds of new creation in the midst of our uncertainty, and how practicing gratitude helps us join Christ in building a world of justice, compassion, abundance, and joy.