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Reflections with Andy - John 17: 20-24 – Make Us One
In this final standalone reflection before beginning a new Bible study series, Andy reflects on Jesus' High Priestly Prayer in John 17:20–24, where Jesus prays not only for His first disciples but for everyone who would one day believe—includin...
Reflections with Andy - Zephaniah 3: 14-18 – God’s Song
In today's reflection, we turn to Zephaniah 3:14–18 and one of the most beautiful images in all of Scripture: a God who rejoices over His people with singing. Together we'll explore what it means to be loved by God, why the prophets continue to...
Reflections with Andy - Isaiah 43: 18-21 – Something New
Today we look at Isaiah 43:18–21, and are reminded that God is always at work doing "a new thing," even in seasons of uncertainty and transition. Spoken originally to Israel as they faced exile, God's promise to make "rivers in the desert" demo...
Reflections with Andy - Lamentations 3: 21-25 – New Starts
Today, we start a new season of our Reflections as we reflect on Lamentations 3:21–25, We see that new beginnings are grounded in hope. Looking to the example of Jeremiah, who proclaimed God's faithfulness while witnessing the destruction of Je...
Sunday Sermon - The People and Jesus
In my final service at St. Matthew's, we read from Romans 16. We are reminded that our church is not any one person, but it's all of us together. But in the end, none of that truly makes our church what it is. Jesus is all that really matters.
Sunday Sermon - How Now Shall We Live?
In our Traditional message from May 31, Andy shares with us one of his many, many favorite passages of scripture. In this passage, we see what the worldview and path are for us as Christians. Love. The life and path we are called to walk ...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 12 – The Duty of Everyone
In this final reflection on Ecclesiastes 12, the Teacher brings the entire book to its ultimate conclusion after wrestling with wisdom, pleasure, mortality, anxiety, and the fleeting nature of life. After exploring nearly every avenue for meani...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 11 – We Are All Going to Die
In this reflection on Ecclesiastes 11, the Teacher continues offering wisdom sayings while wrestling with anxiety, uncertainty, and the temporary nature of life. Though Ecclesiastes often feels filled with angst and existential frustration, the...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 9: 17-18 - 10: 20 – Where Wisdom Is
In this reflection on Ecclesiastes 9:17–10:20, the Teacher continues exploring the value and limitations of wisdom. While wisdom is portrayed as better than foolishness, stronger than weapons, and worthy of pursuit, it still cannot remove life’...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 9 — Lean in to Relationships
In Ecclesiastes 9, the Teacher points out that life is uncertain, death comes for everyone, and the things we often chase—success, power, recognition, possessions—cannot give lasting meaning. The Teacher’s repeated call to “eat, drink, and be m...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 8:10–17 — The Worst Thing Is Not the Last Thing
Ecclesiastes 8:9–17 wrestles honestly with the unfairness and brokenness of life in a fallen world. While the Teacher becomes cynical as he sees evil rewarded and justice delayed, the message for Christians is different: we are called neither t...
Sunday Sermon - Restoration
In our Traditional message from Pentecost Sunday, Andy shares with us from Acts 2: 1-21. We see how God restores what sin has taken. In Babel, sin leads to division, but Pentecost restores that, and through the Spirit, we have unity.
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 8: 1-9 -City of God, City of Man
In this reflection on Ecclesiastes 8:1–9, the Teacher wrestles with the complicated relationship between wisdom, authority, and faithful living. While Scripture calls believers to respect and pray for governing authorities, the Bible also shows...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 7: 15-29 - What if We are Wrong
In this Thursday reflection on Ecclesiastes 7:15–29, the Teacher's closing observation — God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes — frames the whole passage as a meditation on wisdom and its limits. The Teacher ...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 7: 1-14 - The House of Suffering
In this Wednesday reflection on Ecclesiastes 7:1–14, the Teacher's seemingly morbid observations — that the house of mourning is better than the house of feasting, sorrow better than laughter — are rescued from mere pessimism and read as genuin...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 6 - The Weight of the Soul
In this reflection on Ecclesiastes 6, the Teacher continues wrestling with the emptiness of life when meaning is sought in wealth, pleasure, work, or achievement. Though these things are not inherently bad, they cannot bear the full weight of t...
Sunday Sermon - Witnesses
In our message from May 17, 2026, Andy shares with us from Acts 1: 6-11. Jesus sends us out to the people we know and love, as well as to the people we are tempted to hold with contempt, to be His witnesses, to show all the world His good...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 5 - Cynicism and Hope
In this Monday reflection on Ecclesiastes 5, the chapter's three movements — reverence, humility, and contentment — are unpacked with practical pastoral honesty. The call to guard your words before God and take your vows seriously is a word abo...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 4:9–16 – Two Are Better Than One
In this Friday reflection on Ecclesiastes 4:9–16, we see the Teacher's familiar refrain of vanity gives way to a genuinely hopeful word: two are better than one, and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. The reflection unpacks Wesley's concep...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 3:16–4:8 – Cynicism and Beauty
In Ecclesiastes 3:16–4:8, the Teacher reaches perhaps his lowest point — wickedness in the place of justice, the tears of the oppressed with no one to comfort them, and the devastating conclusion that the never-born are better off than the livi...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 3:9–15 – The Gift of the Present Moment
In this Wednesday reflection on Ecclesiastes 3:9–15, one phrase anchors everything: God has put a sense of past and future into their minds. We are wired to look backward and forward simultaneously — to remember, to plan, to worry, to dream — a...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 – Turn, Turn, Turn
In this Tuesday reflection on Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 — the passage made famous by the Byrds' Turn! Turn! Turn! — the full sweep of human experience is named honestly and without pretense: birth and death, planting and uprooting, weeping and laughin...
Sunday Sermon - Wet Cement
In our Traditional sermon from May 10, 2026, Andy shares with us from John 14: 15-21. Jesus promises not to leave us orphaned. With changes in life, church, and the world, we can feel unsettled, like wet cement. But then we re...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 2: 12-26 – Greatness
In this Monday reflection on Ecclesiastes 2:12–26, Solomon's existential spiral — the wise and the fools both die and are forgotten, and whoever comes after me might waste everything I built — is met with a gentle diagnosis: delusions of grande...
Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 2: 1-11 – Living Only for Yourself
In this Friday reflection on Ecclesiastes 2:1–11 — offered on Mother's Day weekend, with a pastoral acknowledgment that the day lands differently for everyone — the Teacher's second experiment in the search for meaning is examined: pleasure. Ha...