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Living in the Shadow of God’s Abundance
Between This week’s reading and last week’s reading, Jesus and his community have received the news of the tragic death of John the...
Rev. Kati Collins
Aug 2, 20206 min read
Seeds of Faith: Worth the Wait
Sermon from Sunday, July 26th on Matthew 13: 44-50 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid...
Rev. Kati Collins
Jul 26, 20206 min read
Stuck in the Weeds
Today’s sermon on the Parable of the Weeds and the Wheat Matthew 13 24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a...
Rev. Kati Collins
Jul 19, 20207 min read
Refuge for the moment
I was talking with a friend about the extreme level of anxiety all around us. Here in Texas the numbers for active COVID-19 cases have...
Rev. Kati Collins
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Hospitality at the Source
Congratulations, this is what is like to live during the big moments of history. It’s confusing, it’s frustrating, it’s heartbreaking,...
Rev. Kati Collins
Jun 28, 20207 min read
Religionless Christianity
Sermon from Sunday, June 24th "The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord; she is his new creation by water and the Word: from...
Rev. Kati Collins
May 24, 20206 min read
Deputies of Christ
Sunday Sermon on 1 Peter 2:1-12 The other day my mom and I were talking about our names for Sammi. I decided to be honest with her and...
Rev. Kati Collins
May 10, 20205 min read
The Old Rugged Cross
On a hill far away, stood an old rugged Cross The emblem of suff'ring and shame And I love that old Cross where the dearest and best For...
Rev. Kati Collins
Apr 26, 20206 min read
A Virtual Faith
Happy Thomas Sunday! John 20: 19-31 The resurrected Jesus is so unpredictable. First he’s not in the tomb, and then he’s in the garden....
Rev. Kati Collins
Apr 19, 20205 min read
Alleluia, Amen
Easter 2020 sermon John 20:1-18 When I was little, my favorite part of Easter morning was getting all dressed up and even wearing a hat...
Rev. Kati Collins
Apr 12, 20206 min read
On Location
When I was in college at Oklahoma State, a new coffee shop opened called, The Third Place. You could play board games or chess, play...
Rev. Kati Collins
Apr 7, 20203 min read
Humility or Humiliation
Phil 2:5-11 The name of this sermon changed over the week, from "A fault in the plan,"...kind of ironic wouldn't you say;) Earlier this...
Rev. Kati Collins
Apr 5, 20206 min read
Praying in the Flesh
Here's a copy of my sermon from Sunday's service based on Jesus' visit with Mary, Marth and Lazarus in John 11. I've also made a...
Rev. Kati Collins
Mar 29, 20206 min read
Coronapocalypse
When I imagined what times of war and devastation would look like, I never imagined this. I imagined eating onion or bean soup, flatbread...
Rev. Kati Collins
Mar 24, 20202 min read
The Beauty is in the Reflection
I used to love to read this story when I was a kid, because I just couldn’t believe that Jesus would spit! And, this wasn’t any normal...
Rev. Kati Collins
Mar 22, 20206 min read
Finding beauty in the wilderness
"The water I give becomes a perpetual spring within you, welling up into eternal life." John 4:14 An Embodied Prayer to slow the curve...
Rev. Kati Collins
Mar 17, 20202 min read
My Reading List
On my trip to El Paso, I listened to several audio books, a few educational and a few fun. Specifically, I chose a few to learn more...
Rev. Kati Collins
Nov 9, 20192 min read
My trip to El Paso
“Words have power.” Toni Morrison Recently I traveled to El Paso, with the hopes of finding some language to pray for and communicate the...
Rev. Kati Collins
Nov 5, 20193 min read
What I remember on 9/11
—Friends stuck in airports who didn’t know when or how they would get home. —Friends afraid to go to their college classes after dark,...
Rev. Kati Collins
Sep 10, 20192 min read
A Prayer for Labor Day
Creating and Laboring Lord, we give thanks for the talents you have entrusted to us. We give thanks for physical strength, hands and feet...
Rev. Kati Collins
Sep 2, 20191 min read
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