Jeffrey C. Long

Hope is not just for the end.  Hope is for the present.  Not just spiritual.  It is practical.  Jesus is at work this instance to bring wholeness, righteousness, peace and justice to this broken dying world. Download sermon_20061015_20061014_1658.mp3

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Well, here it is… my first ever podcast.  Well, for now, it’s me posting an mp3 of my sermon.  I’ve still gotta figure out how to configure typepad to turn it into a podcast and then how to submit it to itunes.  But for now… you get to hear what I sound like.  Comments welcome. [...]

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The following sermon was preached on Sunday October 1st at Filer Mennonite Church It’s an unlovely tree in an unlikely place with an unmistakable message. The tree sits along an interstate highway just outside of Fort Worth, Texas. It is a mimosa tree that appears lifeless, except at Christmas. Each December, for the past ten [...]

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With harvest time upon us, I am reminded of one of my favorite memories growing up: harvest time at my grandparent’s house. My grandfather and uncles were dry land wheat farmers in eastern Washington. I remember a few times when my mom drove me up to the farm at Coulee City to spend a few [...]

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The following sermon was preached at Filer Mennonite Church on Sunday October 30th, 2005. In the article: “A call to faithfulness: Dutch Mennonites facing the storm in 1940,” Gerlof D. Homan tells of the Mennonite churches situation following the Nazi invasion. “On May 10, 1940, Nazi legions invaded the Netherlands, a nation that remained unscathed [...]

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The following sermon was preached on Sunday, October 2nd 2005 at Filer Mennonite Church. These are the notes that I preached out of. I was having a sleepless night–an evening cup of coffee, my husband’s abnormally loud snoring, and details about an upcoming trip were keeping me hopelessly awake. Even after I slipped into the [...]

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This sermon was preached on Sunday, September 25th at Filer Mennonite Church. These are the notes that I used to preach from. This is one of the most incredible sections in the Bible. 1corinthians 2:6-16 6 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of [...]

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This sermon was preached on Sunday, September 18th, 2005 at Filer Mennonite Church In our most recent elder meeting, the elders discussed some goals to work toward in the future. One of them was that we are working to become a church that partners together to reach out to people, inviting them to follow Jesus [...]

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This sermon was preached on Sunday September 4th, 2005 at Filer Mennonite Church. The monks at a remote monastery deep in the woods followed a rigid vow of silence. Their vow could only be broken once a year—on Christmas—by one monk. That monk could speak only one sentence. One Christmas, Brother Thomas had his turn [...]

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I have been reading “Responsible Grace,” about the theology of John Wesley. It was recommended to me by pastor, church consultant and friend, Doug Murren. In it the author brought up an interesting distinction between two models of looking at salvation. Traditionally the western church emphasizes the judicial model of salvation in that we are [...]

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