FCCO Sermons: Take 2

Dayna Kinkade is the Senior Pastor of First Christian Church of Orange (Disciples of Christ) in Orange, California. FCCO Sermons: Take 2 are her revised Sunday sermons.

Worship: Declaring God's Glory 01/22/2026

Worship: Declaring God's Glory (Sermon preached January 18, 2026) This is the third sermon in a series called "The Way of Love." Worship is a practice that grounds us as we live the way of love, but what is it? What does it accomplish? How can it open our hearts to God, and keep our hearts open to God? The scripture is a Psalm of praise, Psalm 96:1-9. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/39821400

Learning: Seeking Pearls 01/13/2026

Learning: Seeking Pearls (Sermon preached January 11, 2026) This is the second of a sermon series titled "The Way of Love." As followers of Jesus, Jesus is our guide (our lens) for interpreting scripture. The practice of learning is how we come to discern the way of love as taught by Jesus. Sometimes it is like looking for buried treasure (Matthew 13:44-45) /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/39721120

Turn: Choosing to Follow Jesus 01/13/2026

Turn: Choosing to Follow Jesus (Sermon preached January 4, 2026) We are starting a series called "The Way of Love," and this is the first sermon based on Luke 5:1-11. This sermon is an invitation to reaffirm your commitment to follow Jesus. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/39721045

Loving the Light 12/24/2025

Loving the Light (Sermon preached December 21, 2025) This sermon for the 4th Sunday of Advent honors Joseph and what he can teach us about loving God's child. The scripture is Matthew 1:18-25. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/39530845

Light for the Path Ahead 12/11/2025

Light for the Path Ahead (Sermon preached December 7, 2025) Luke 1:57-80 tells the story of John's birth, naming, and purpose. According to Zechariah's prophecy, he will prepare the way for the bringer of peace. This is ther sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent when we light the peace candle and explore the difference between God's peace and the Peace of Rome. John helps to prepare the way for us to be peacemakers by calling us to repent and pointing to Jesus as the one we should follow. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/39372920

With Thanksgiving 11/25/2025

With Thanksgiving (Sermon preached November 23, 2025) Philippians 4:4-9 is an opportunity to discover the source of joy. How can Paul rejoice in a prison cell? Because God is near. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/39159050

Opportunities to Testify 11/20/2025

Opportunities to Testify (Sermon preached November 16, 2025) In Luke 21:5-19, Jesus describes a scene that surely must have seemed like the end of the world to his disciples. End or no end, like the disciples, we continue to put one loving foot in front of the other. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/39115165

Loooking Down 11/13/2025

Loooking Down (Sermon preached November 9, 2025) Jesus tells a parable that challenges the way we see others in Luke 18:9-14. It turns out we all need mercy. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/39029215

Tending the Inn 10/29/2025

Tending the Inn (Sermon preached October 26, 2025) Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) challenges us not only to be doers of mercy but also to create and build spaces, like the inn in the story, that offer healing and hospitality. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/38832000

Dreaming God's Dream: Sowing Sacred Seeds 10/15/2025

Dreaming God's Dream: Sowing Sacred Seeds (Sermon preached October 12, 2025) What if we thought about the mustard seed as an impossible to eradicate invasive species? How does that change the way we hear, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field?" (Matthew 13:31-32) /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/38599270

Dreaming God's Dream: At the Table 10/05/2025

Dreaming God's Dream: At the Table (Sermon preached October 5, 2025) Dating back to the first century, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 has been used as the Words of Institution for the Lord's Supper. The bread and the cup unite us in God's dream for the world, where all are welcome, all are fed, all are loved. At the table we embody God's justice and compassion amid a world divided by power and prejudice. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/38473785

Deafening Abundance 10/02/2025

Deafening Abundance (Sermon preached September 27, 2025) This sermon on Luke 16:19-31 presents Jesus' parable of the rich man and Lazarus as a cautionary tale, not about the afterlife, but the spiritual danger of ignoring suffering at our own gates. It warns that the love of wealth can harden our hearts and deafen us to God's call to love and compassion, and blind us to our shared humanity. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/38448560

Refusing to Play 09/09/2025

Refusing to Play (Sermon preached September 7, 2025) Luke 14:1-14 exposes the games we play to secure things like status and honor. What we learn from Jesus is that we don't have to play the game. At Jesus' banquet all are welcome, all are equal, and there is enough for all. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/38148610

Something to Think About 09/04/2025

Something to Think About (Sermon preached August 31, 2025) Worry is the misuse of our imagination. In Luke 12:22-34, Jesus reminds us that we can redirect our imaginations to God and God's kindom. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/38092945

Guard Against Greed 08/26/2025

Guard Against Greed (Sermon preached August 24, 2025) In Luke 12:13-21, Jesus tells us to guard against greed and then goes on to tell a story about someone who let greed get the best of his life. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/37967635

The Lion's Den 08/21/2025

The Lion's Den (Sermon preached August 17, 2025) The story of Daniel and the Lion's Den is great fodder for children's books, crafts, and snacks - but in an empire where people are the snacks it is far from a children's story. Will we throw open the windows and declare our loyalty to God? /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/37914320

Can These Bones Live? 08/07/2025

Can These Bones Live? (Sermon preached August 3, 2025) Ezekiel 37:1-14 leads us to a valley of dry scattered bones; a valley of desolation and despair. God asks, "Can these bones live?" /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/37724545

A Light to the Nations 07/31/2025

A Light to the Nations (Sermon preached July 27, 2025) This sermon asks the question, "What are you living for?" Isaiah 58:1-12 gives us some guidance - if we can hear it. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/37628515

Fire in the Bones 07/21/2025

Fire in the Bones (Sermon preached July 20, 2025) Jeremiah is a prophet ready to quit. The job is too hard, too costly, and seemingly futile. But he can't quit, because there is a holy fire burning inside of him. See Jeremiah 20:7-13. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/37497680

What God Requires 07/09/2025

What God Requires (Sermon preached July 6, 2025) Micah 6:1-8 is a courtroom drama. God is indicting the rich and powerful elite of Jerusalem and Samaria. The people reply, "What's it going to take to appease you?" Micah answers - DO Justice, LOVE Kindness, WALK Humbly with God. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/37354380

Let Justice Roll 07/02/2025

Let Justice Roll (Sermon preached June 29, 2025) Amos names the sin of economic injustice. God doesn't want our religious performance, God wants a righteousness that results in justice for all. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/37264475

The Pouting Prophet 06/17/2025

The Pouting Prophet (Sermon preached June 15, 2025) This sermon uses Jonah's anger at God's mercy toward the Ninevites to challenge our instinct for vengeance and exclusion, asking whether we can accept a God whose grace extends even to those we most resent. It invites listeners to engage a spiritual practice of naming their own "Ninevites" and praying to see them through the lens of divine compassion. (Jonah 3:10-4:11) /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/37045305

Wonderstruck 06/02/2025

Wonderstruck (Sermon preached June 1, 2025) Psalm 8 is the outpouring of someone who is wonderstruck. This sermon invites you to a daily practice of being wonderstruck. It will change your life! /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/36826080

By Faith 05/30/2025

By Faith (Sermon preached May 25, 2025) The Book of Hebrews was written to a beleaguered community. Some were falling away, some were stalling out. After some teaching and scolding, the writer of Hebrews delivers a pep talk, calling for faith and perseverance by naming those who have gone before us and now cheer us on. Who inspires us? Who may we inspire? /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/36781530

All Things New 05/22/2025

All Things New (Sermon preached May 18, 2025) The Book of Revelation isn't a horror story - it is a hope story. It exposes the evils of empire and invites us to imagine God's alternative. Revelation 21:1-6 invites us to engage holy imagination as an act of prophetic defiance. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/36665400

Tender Loving Care 05/15/2025

Tender Loving Care (Sermon preached May 11, 2025) Psalm 23 gives us a powerful portrait of God obscured by Christian nationalism and the heaven/hell framework. Don't wait for the next funeral you attend to embrace God's radical love. /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/36586470

Eight Ways to Easter 04/21/2025

Eight Ways to Easter (Sermon for Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025) For this Easter message I challenged seven other ordained ministers to share the Easter message in one sentence. Together, we delivered the Easter sermon for 2025. While most people know WHAT happened on Easter, it is quite another thing to say what it means. If you had to do it in one sentence, what would it be? Why does it matter? /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/36254805

There's a New King in Town 04/18/2025

There's a New King in Town Sermon preached April 13, 2025, Palm Sunday) Jesus' humble entry into Jerusalem wasn't a Disney parade, it was a planned act of nonviolent resistance. He was stirring up "good trouble." (Luke 19:29-44) /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/36227335

Noooooooo! Not Him! 04/10/2025

Noooooooo! Not Him! (Sermon preached April 6, 2025) Zacchaeus complicates our assumptions (Luke 19:1-10). Is there such a thing as an honorable chief tax collector? /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/36090505

Between Lost and Found 03/31/2025

Between Lost and Found (Sermon preached March 30, 2025, Lent 4) Jesus' parable of the lost sheep is told in response to grumbling by the scribes and Pharisees (Luke 15:1-7). This sermon is intended to disrupt our default understanding of what it means to be lost and broaden it out to those who are excluded, demonized, and unjustly treated (to name a few). /episode/index/show/58ee93c3-6ec5-491a-9c2d-b4bb766b2654/id/35949080

FCCO Sermons: Take 2

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