Mount Olivet UMC — Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy — Teer Hardy

Posts in Mount Olivet UMC

How Long, Lord?

How Long, Lord?

The Good News is the object of our prayers and lamentations is the One who made the shadow-laden journey to the cross, and when death, the consequence of our sin, seemed to have won the day, asked Mary, “why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”[

Lent, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyFebruary 26, 2023Lent 1, Psalm 13, Sermon, Lament, Imago DeiComment

Transfigured by Grace

Transfigured by Grace

As Jesus was transfigured before his disciples, the church (yesterday, today, and tomorrow) is transformed, transfigured by God’s grace, being made new in Christ Jesus.

Year A, Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyFebruary 19, 2023Matthew 17, TransfigurationComment

Be Still and Know | Belovedness - January 8, 2023

Be Still and Know | Belovedness - January 8, 2023

Go into the world, enjoying your “belovedness” so much that it causes people to stop, stare, and wonder what is happening.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyJanuary 9, 2023Matthew 3:13-17, Baptism of the Lord, Baptism, hauwerwas, MLK, Fleming RutledgeComment

God’s Perfect Time - January 1, 2023

God’s Perfect Time - January 1, 2023

Wherever we are headed this year, in the seasons that lay ahead of us, we are held in the hands of God, and by God’s grace, it will be well.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyJanuary 1, 2023Ecclesiastes, Time, New YearComment

Storyteller | It’s All in the Details - December 24, 2022

Storyteller | It’s All in the Details - December 24, 2022

Pay attention to the details.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyDecember 24, 2022Luke 2:1-20, Christmas EveComment

A Griswold Family Advent

A Griswold Family Advent

No matter how much we try to avoid the broken and messiness of the world and our lives, the birth of Joseph’s boy tells creation that we are not separated from God.

Advent, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyDecember 11, 2022Advent, Sermon, Griswold, Matthew 1, Matthew 1:18-25Comment

Storyteller | That's What She Said - December 4, 2022

Storyteller | That's What She Said - December 4, 2022

With three words, “Let it be,” Mary reveals to the world that the way things are is not how things will be when the will of God is followed when the Kingdom of God is fully realized.

Advent, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyDecember 4, 2022Advent 2, Luke 1:26-38Comment

The Hardest Parable

The Hardest Parable

This parable is not about finances or management. It is a parable about new life.

Year C, Mount Olivet UMC, ParablesTeer HardySeptember 19, 2022Luke 16:1-13, Parable, Storyteller, Year C, SermonComment

Harmonized Tension

Ignoring this tension ignores that tension reveals even more to us about God than we imagine.

Year C, Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyJuly 31, 2022Year C, Hosea 11, Prophets, journey, Sermon, PreachingComment

Bad Batch

Bad Batch

Amos was clear – you cannot compartmentalize your life.

Mount Olivet UMC, Year C, Journey With the ProphetsTeer HardyJuly 17, 2022Amos 8, Year C, Prophets, Justice, JudgmentComment

Pentecost After Babel

Pentecost After Babel

God takes the most fragmented parts of our modern “post-Babel” lives and makes them whole.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyJune 6, 2022Year C, Acts 2, Acts 2:1-21, Genesis 11, PentecostComment

Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough

Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough

Today and in the days ahead, we will pray for the moral courage to demand action so that we do not have to write this letter ever again.

Blogging, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyMay 26, 2022Prayer, Gun Violence, Ulvade, Mount OlivetComment

The Same Old Song

The Same Old Song

If you are scratching your head thinking this story sounds familiar, that is because it is.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyMay 22, 2022Easter 6, Year C, Acts 16, Lydia, Preaching, SermonComment

Rule Breakers

Rule Breakers

The witness we bear to the world is to the One who does not see our comfort in constancy as a hurdle to the wideness of God’s mercy.

Year C, Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyMay 15, 2022Year C, Easter 5, Acts 11:1-18Comment

An Extraordinarily Ordinary Story

An Extraordinarily Ordinary Story

The story in Acts you've probably never heard.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyMay 8, 2022Year C, Easter 4, Acts 9:36-43Comment

No Superheroes Here

No Superheroes Here

We stand today as witnesses to the awesome work of God along the Damascus Road.

Year C, Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyMay 1, 2022Year C, Acts 9:1-6, (7-20), Easter 3Comment

No Puppets Here

No Puppets Here

The cause of Jesus’ lament, our sin, does not hold the final word. Jesus has invited us to stop the puppet show and to step into his grace under his wing of love, protection, and transformation.

Lent, Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyMarch 13, 2022Luke 13:31-35, Year C, Lent 2, Herod, Preaching, Jesus, Christianity, PuppetsComment

The If/Then Temptation

The If/Then Temptation

The Gospel good news is that there are no ifs. There are no buts. No fine print.

Lent, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyMarch 6, 2022Year C, Lent 1, Luke 4:1-13, Temptation of Jesus, Gathered in Jesus, Mount Olivet, Sermon, Devil, Satan, Dostoevsky, Grand InquisitorComment

Listen Up!

Listen Up!

Though we are shaped by social, cultural, and economic pressures that tell us we must ascend, if we listen, if we set aside our own noise, we hear words of grace.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyFebruary 27, 2022Year C, Transfiguration, Love Never Ends, Luke 9:26-38, listening, ListenComment

Rumor Has It

Rumor Has It

The rumors, according to Paul, are false. Christ is risen, and so shall we.

Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyFebruary 13, 20221 Corinthians 15.1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Resurrection, Love Never EndsComment