SERMONS & REFLECTIONS | CDL Monastery

THE ADVENT CALL OF CHRISTMAS

Luke 3:1-6 Advent is upon us. For Christians, Advent is the first of seven seasons of the church, and begins roughly four weeks prior to...

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE

There is a scene in The Lion King when the mystic healer Rafiki takes Simba to meet the spirit of his deceased father Mufasa, who before...

SURRENDER

For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save...

THE SCANDAL AND THE EPIPHANY

What does it mean for us that God has come to us in the form of the person Jesus? Good news for sure, but what is this good news that...

Joy Noel

In and unlikely place, under no ordinary circumstances something extraordinary took place. The scene was a stable in the dark of night....

Prophetic Justice - More Than a Game

I am a baseball fan. More specifically, I am a Dodgers fan. I became a baseball fan over twenty-two years ago when I was able to get...

TOGETHER IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” These words from Mother Teresa seem strikingly...

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

In 1886 an American minister from Topeka, Kansas by the name of Charles Sheldon delivered a series of sermons that offered stories that...