"The Perspective of an Ant" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Ephesians 5:15-20 In 1998, a great Disney Pixar movie came out, “A Bug’s Life”. Maybe you have seen it…. I was obsessed. Like more...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Aug 11, 2021
- 7 min
"Cloaked in Honor" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Ephesians 4:25-5:2 A few years ago, I spent a year living in Jersey City, New Jersey to for my internship, as an intern pastor at a...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
"When I Grow Up, I Want To Be Like Jesus" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Ephesians 4:1-16 On our journey this week in the Letter of Ephesians, we continue to learn more about this vast love of Christ. And...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
"Insert Your Name HERE" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Ephesians 3:14-21 So last week on vacation with my mother and my brother, we went to an aquarium. A totally normal thing for a...
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Redemption Church
- Jul 11, 2021
- 0 min
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Jul 6, 2021
- 6 min
"What do you bring to the battle hymn?" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 A quote from the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center in Washington, DC about a song, “Patriotic songs have...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
"Own Your Needs: The Bleeding Woman" sermon by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Mark 5:21-43 She gets up this morning and something is just different. She can feel it . She can’t really say why yet but as she...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Jun 20, 2021
- 4 min
"Juneteenth and the Lost Sheep" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
New Year’s Eve in African American congregations is celebrated a little differently than putting on party hats, toasting champagne, and...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Jun 11, 2021
- 3 min
"Intro to Pride Month" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Mark 3:20-35 In May and June, there’s a lot of talk about family with mother’s day and father’s day. In our gospel lesson for this...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- May 25, 2021
- 6 min
"Linguistic Hospitality" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Acts 2:1-21 After college I did this program through the ELCA called Young Adults in Global Mission. The program at the time took...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- May 20, 2021
- 5 min
"Ascension: Where is Jesus? Mufasa, the Cosmos, and Esotericism" sermon by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Luke 24:44-53 Today we celebrate Jesus’ ascension (well really it was on Thursday). This ascension is his is joining back up with...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- May 11, 2021
- 3 min
Unconditional, Irrevocable, and Infinite Love sermon by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read John 15:9-17 A few years ago on Mother’s Day, I was specifically asked to preach about Mother’s Day. I struggled with this a lot....
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- May 5, 2021
- 4 min
"We are not the gatekeepers of God's gifts. Full Stop." by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Acts 8:26-40 A few years ago when my nephew was very little, he was at church one Sunday with just my mom. When she went forward for...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Apr 26, 2021
- 5 min
Our Symbiotic Relationship with the Earth and Christ by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Happy Earth Day! In the first season of the Big Bang Theory, Leonard and Sheldon are having one of their arguments. Where Leonard says,...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Apr 21, 2021
- 4 min
"Flesh, Blood, Scars, and Hunger" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Luke 24:36b-48 So growing up I played soccer my entire life all the way through my sophomore year in college where I maxed out on...
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Pastor A.J. Houseman
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
"And Then..." Easter 2021 by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Mark 16:1-8 So I’m a fan of fantasy book series. Most have like 3 books in them in the young adult series. I’m not ashamed, for my...
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Redemption Church
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
"Hosanna = Save Us Now!" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Mark 11:1-11 “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna!” These are the famous words that we hear the...
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Redemption Church
- Mar 24, 2021
- 5 min
"The Hardest Thing: Forgiveness" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Based on Genesis 37, 39-47 This morning, I am going to veer away from our lessons assigned for today to talk about our final Sunday in...
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Redemption Church
- Mar 15, 2021
- 4 min
"Things that make us uncomfortable: The Bible" sermon by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:14-21 So I used to do this fun social experiment in college when I was walking around the campus and as I...
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Redemption Church
- Mar 7, 2021
- 6 min
"Baltimore Ceasefire and Law & Gospel" by Pastor A.J. Houseman
Read Exodus 20:1-17 In my college town there was a couple, Jane and Basil, that owned a bunch of rental houses and apartments. Lots of...
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