Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy

No Superheroes Here

We stand today as witnesses to the awesome work of God along the Damascus Road.

Year C, Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyMay 1, 2022Year C, Acts 9:1-6, (7-20), Easter 3Comment

Visio Divina

Similar to the practice of Lectio Divina, Visio Divina is a guided, step-by-step process that aids participants in seeing, hearing, and experiencing God.

BloggingTeer HardyMarch 22, 2022Comment

No Puppets Here

The cause of Jesus’ lament, our sin, does not hold the final word. Jesus has invited us to stop the puppet show and to step into his grace under his wing of love, protection, and transformation.

Lent, Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyMarch 13, 2022Luke 13:31-35, Year C, Lent 2, Herod, Preaching, Jesus, Christianity, PuppetsComment

The If/Then Temptation

The Gospel good news is that there are no ifs. There are no buts. No fine print.

Listen Up!

Though we are shaped by social, cultural, and economic pressures that tell us we must ascend, if we listen, if we set aside our own noise, we hear words of grace.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyFebruary 27, 2022Year C, Transfiguration, Love Never Ends, Luke 9:26-38, listening, ListenComment

Rumor Has It

The rumors, according to Paul, are false. Christ is risen, and so shall we.

Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyFebruary 13, 20221 Corinthians 15.1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Resurrection, Love Never EndsComment

Unreasonably Reasonable

The resurrection of Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament, is not a myth or moral metaphor. The resurrection of Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament, is FACT.

Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyFebruary 7, 20221 Corinthians 15.1-11, Love Never Ends, Mount Olivet, Sermon, Resurrection, Year CComment

A Tale of Two Epiphanies

What do the Feast of the Epiphany and the January 6th insurrection have in common?

Crackers & Grape J..., podcastsTeer HardyJanuary 28, 2022US Capitol, Insurrection, Epiphany, CGJ, PodcastComment

Gifting Spirit

Gifts of the Holy Spirit are not a product of birth, instead are gifts of rebirth.

Teer HardyJanuary 18, 2022Comment

Patterns and Milestones

A new life. A new pattern. A new routine of calling the who called and continues to call today.

Everything Has Changed

The light of Christ shines into the darkness we have been living in since March 2020.

Coronablog, Devotional, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyDecember 25, 2021Christmas, Devotional, Coronablog, coronavirus, Mount Olivet, John 1:1-18Comment

A Small-Town Messiah

God did not choose the pride-filled, the historically strong, or influential at the first Advent.

Advent, Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyDecember 19, 2021Advent 4, Guatemala, Luke 1:35-55, Micah 5:2-5, Embodied, Mount Olivet, SermonComment

When Everything is on Fire

Is it possible to hold on to faith in an age of unbelief?

Crackers & Grape J..., podcastsTeer HardyDecember 13, 2021Brian Zahnd, CGJ, Podcast, Crackers and Grape JuiceComment

Spoiler Alert

Peace by the pointy end of a sword, gun, or any instrument of violence exemplifies how well we do not understand the very thing we all want for ourselves generations to come.

Advent, Mount Olivet UMC, Sermon, Year CTeer HardyDecember 5, 2021Year C, Advent, Zechariah, Luke 1:68-79, PeaceComment

Coming Home

We can’t come home to the Church until the Church repents of what it has so long called “home” on its own terms.

Advent, BloggingTeer HardyDecember 2, 2021Advent, Blog, Home, LGBTQIA, VAUMCComment

Wait, Anticipate, and Trust

The good ‘ole days are what they used to be.

Do we Need Original Sin?

The crucifixion of Jesus finally gave meaning to what we mean by the word ‘sin.’ The crucifixion of Christ is not just another of humanity revealing its inhumanity; the crucifixion is humanity making the most ultimate sort of rejection and, in doing so, rejecting itself.

Catechism, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyNovember 17, 2021Original Sin, Original Blessing, Mount Olivet, Bible StudyComment

Kingdom | Apocalyptic Jesus, November 14, 2021

God’s redemption and transformation of this broken world is good news for all; the comfort and privilege for which we work and to which we cling instantly pale in the light of God’s justice and love.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyNovember 15, 2021Mark 13:1-8, Proper 28, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Sermon, fleming rutledge, Will WillimonComment

Rebuking the Jericho Road

Because Bartimaeus followed, his story stands as a rebuke to the world and an invitation to us who may not be as energetic or even as faithful in our following of Jesus.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyNovember 3, 2021Mark 10:46-52, Generous Living, Bartimaeus, Sermon, GivingComment

Election Day With Crackers & Grape Juice and Gretchen Purser

Crackers and Grape Juice’s annual attempt to be political pundits.

Crackers & Grape J..., CGJ+, PoliticsTeer HardyNovember 2, 2021Election Day, Politics, Gretchen Purser, CGJ, PodcastComment