Pastor Tim Sisk

05/18/2026

https://www.timsisk.com/archive/he-opened-their-minds

Most of us know more than we live. We know the stories, the books, the theology. We are, by every reasonable measure, prepared. And yet something never quite happened between knowing and going. The diagnosis may not be what we usually reach for.

05/10/2026

https://www.timsisk.com/archive/not-orphaned

Is the Christian life about trying harder to imitate Jesus? John 14 offers better news: Christ comes to dwell in us by the Spirit.

05/05/2026

https://www.timsisk.com/archive/the-opposite-of-trouble-1

“The Opposite of Trouble” May 5 Written By Tim Sisk “The Opposite of Trouble”John 14:1-14 NRSVueEaster 5A Tim Sisk

05/03/2026

https://www.timsisk.com/archive/the-opposite-of-trouble

In John 14, Jesus does not promise the disciples a life without trouble. He gives them something stronger: himself. A reflection on trust, Christology, and the mission that continues through us.

04/25/2026

https://www.timsisk.com/archive/they-devoted-themselves

Acts 2:42–47 gets read as a church growth checklist. But Luke isn't prescribing a program — he's painting a portrait of the Spirit's overflow. Our job is the devoting. The adding belongs to God.

04/18/2026

https://www.timsisk.com/archive/he-said-his-name

Peter had already seen the risen Jesus — and he went back to fishing anyway.

04/13/2026

Wounds that Heal Wounds
John 20:19-31 NIV
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04/12/2026

https://www.timsisk.com/archive/or2zkrfok0a6agnvuv4feit6q9su17

Thomas asked to see what the other disciples had already seen — and Jesus came back for him. A reflection on John 20:19–31 and the scars the risen Christ kept.

04/04/2026

https://www.timsisk.com/archive/he-said-her-name-and-everything-changed

Mary Magdalene mistakes the risen Jesus for a gardener — until he speaks her name. An Easter sermon on John 20:1–18 exploring how the holy shows up in the ordinary and calls us by name.

03/29/2026

There is a moment in Matthew's account of Palm Sunday that gets swallowed by the pageantry. The crowd is shouting. Cloaks are spread on the road. The whole city of Jerusalem — Matthew uses eseisthē [ἐσείσθη] Greek: eh-SEES-thee, the word for earthquake — is shaken to its foundations. An...

03/22/2026

https://www.timsisk.com/archive/the-thing-about-the-resurrection-most-christians-miss

Most Christians believe in the resurrection as a future hope. But Paul says something different in Romans 8 — something most of us have never quite grabbed hold of. More after Sunday.