Brewing Theology with Teer Hardy

The Creeds and Why We Need Them

Do the ancient creeds of the church still hold value for the church 2000 years removed from the empty tomb?

BloggingTeer HardyMarch 16, 2023CreedsComment

Taste

I picked up Taste, expecting a food memoir but instead was invited to Christ's table of grace.

Book Review, BloggingTeer HardyMarch 6, 2023Comment

How Long, Lord?

The Good News is the object of our prayers and lamentations is the One who made the shadow-laden journey to the cross, and when death, the consequence of our sin, seemed to have won the day, asked Mary, “why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”[

Lent, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyFebruary 26, 2023Lent 1, Psalm 13, Sermon, Lament, Imago DeiComment

"You People" is a Warning, You People

Liel Liebowitz joins the pod.

Crackers & Grape J..., podcastsTeer HardyFebruary 24, 2023CGJ, Podcast, MovieComment

Grace is Not Always Practical

We find the good news of Christ in his story, not ours.

Teer HardyFebruary 23, 2023 Comment

Transfigured by Grace

As Jesus was transfigured before his disciples, the church (yesterday, today, and tomorrow) is transformed, transfigured by God’s grace, being made new in Christ Jesus.

Year A, Sermon, Mount Olivet UMCTeer HardyFebruary 19, 2023Matthew 17, TransfigurationComment

Be Still and Know | Belovedness - January 8, 2023

Go into the world, enjoying your “belovedness” so much that it causes people to stop, stare, and wonder what is happening.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyJanuary 9, 2023Matthew 3:13-17, Baptism of the Lord, Baptism, hauwerwas, MLK, Fleming RutledgeComment

God’s Perfect Time - January 1, 2023

Wherever we are headed this year, in the seasons that lay ahead of us, we are held in the hands of God, and by God’s grace, it will be well.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyJanuary 1, 2023Ecclesiastes, Time, New YearComment

Storyteller | It’s All in the Details - December 24, 2022

Pay attention to the details.

Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyDecember 24, 2022Luke 2:1-20, Christmas EveComment

A Griswold Family Advent

No matter how much we try to avoid the broken and messiness of the world and our lives, the birth of Joseph’s boy tells creation that we are not separated from God.

Advent, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyDecember 11, 2022Advent, Sermon, Griswold, Matthew 1, Matthew 1:18-25Comment

Storyteller | That's What She Said - December 4, 2022

With three words, “Let it be,” Mary reveals to the world that the way things are is not how things will be when the will of God is followed when the Kingdom of God is fully realized.

Advent, Mount Olivet UMC, SermonTeer HardyDecember 4, 2022Advent 2, Luke 1:26-38Comment