2025
What Do You Fear? Let Fear Fuel a Fire for Justice (Part 5 of 6)- December 28, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Traditional Carol Service – December 24, 2025. Watch it here.
What Do You Fear? When You’re Afraid, Give Me Your Hand (Part 4 of 6) – December 21, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
What Do You Fear? Even in Our Fear, We Are Called Forward (Part 3 of 6) – December 14, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
What Do You Fear? When We’re Running Out of Hope, God Is at Work (Part 2 of 6) – December 7, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
What Do You Fear? In the Time of Herod, We Long for God to Break In (Part 1 of 6) – November 30, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Looking for a Turtle with a Mustache – November 23, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
It’s The Little Things – November 16, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
All The Apostles of God – November 9, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Cultivating a Faith That Is Really Faith – November 2, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Giving The Gift That Is Really Worth Giving – October 26, 2025. Watch it here.
Hope That is Based on More Than Wishful Thinking – October 19, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Taking a Hold of a Life that is Really Life – October 12, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
A God of Small Things – October 5, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Pulling a Jeremiah – September 28, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Forgiveness: What It Is and What It Isn’t – September 21, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
How Welcoming Are We, I Mean, Really? – September 14, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Word That Heals – September 7, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Learning as a Letting Go – August 31, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Loneliness of Shame, Earned and Unearned – August 24, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Loneliness of Job & Our Corporate Loneliness – August 17, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Loneliness of Jesus and Our Own – August 10, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Little By Little, I Hear You Speaking – August 3, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
What’s in a Name? – July 27, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
God, Science, and Common Sense – July 20, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Amos: A Prophet for Our Day – July 13, 2025. Watch it here.
Tis the Gift To Be Simple – July 6, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Worldly Wisdom and Foolish Grace – June 29, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
I Will Not Leave You Desolate – June 22, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
A King’s Idea of “Justice” – June 15, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Pentecost & Music Sunday – June 8, 2025. Watch it here.
Dealing with Our Resentments – June 1, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Do You Want To Be Healed? – May 25, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Foundation Sunday: Youth Contact Presentation – May 18, 2025. Watch it here.
Accidental Saints – May 11, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
A Whole New Life – May 4, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Loving Thy Queer Neighbor – April 27, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
A Little Blue Egg of Light – April 20, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Homily: He Loved Them to the End – April 17, 2025. Watch it here.
Jesus, Remember Me – April 13, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
A Time for Everything – April 6, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
“There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons…” – March 30, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
If Life Were a Game Show- March 23, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
What We Might Mean When We Say, I’m Spiritual But Not Religious #2 – March 16, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
What We Might Mean When We Say, I’m Spiritual But Not Religious #1 – March 9, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Transfigurations – March 2, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Hope Through Tears – February 23, 2025. Watch it here.
The Home of God – February 16, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Looking for Deeper Waters – February 9, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Saving Jesus from the Church – February 2, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
Career vs. Vocation – January 26, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
“You Know, Oh Mortal, What Is Good…” – January 19, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
All Things Bright & Beautiful – January 12, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
By Another Way – January 5, 2025. Read it here. Watch it here.
2024
Jesus in 5th Grade – December 29, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Candlelight Service – December 24, 2024. Watch it here.
Mary Had a Dream and Sang It – December 22, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Peace That Guards Our Hearts – December 15, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Joy to the Whirled – December 8, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Courage To Be Who You Really Are – December 1, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Settle Down – November 24, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Clueless – November 17, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Last Full Measure of Devotion – November 10, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Digging Deeper To Find Life’s Purpose – November 3, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Familiar Dark – October 27, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Third Measure of Our Lives: How Gracefully Have We Let Go of Things Not Meant for Us? – October 20, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Second Measure of Our Lives: How Lightly Have We Lived? – October 13, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The First Measure of Our Lives: How Much Have We Loved? – October 6, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
For Such a Time As This – September 29, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Temptation to Become Dutch & the Creation of the Hebrew Bible – September 22, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Good News to the Poor – September 15, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
All The Apostles of God – September 8, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Somebody Open a Window, Please – September 1, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Flesh, Blood, Love and Light – August 25, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
South Africa Mission Trip Service – August 18, 2024. Watch it here.
Beggar Prince at the King’s Table – August 11, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Holy Things – August 4, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Working on God – July 28, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Who Am I? – July 21, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Bailas? – July 14, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Blindness of Over-Familiarity – July 7, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
With Equal Dignity – June 30, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Beyond Belief – June 23, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Youngest Child Syndrome – June 16, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Homily – June 9, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Acquainted With All My Ways – June 2, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Send Me – May 26, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
We Have Come To This Hour – May 19, 2024. Watch it here.
Our Deepest Longing? – May 12, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
It’s All in a Lifetime – May 5, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Jesus Did Not Consider Himself A Victim – April 28, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Holy Hands, Holy Feet – April 21, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Hope for the Terminally Weary – April 14, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The New South Africa: Hope and Reconciliation – April 7, 2024. Watch it here.
Something to Hold on To – March 31, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Sixth Stop on the Road to Resurrection: Resolution – March 24, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Seven Stops on the Road To Resurrection Week Five: Revolution – March 17, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Seven Stops on the Road To Resurrection Week Four: Revelation – March 10, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Seven Stops on the Road To Resurrection Week Three: Reappraisals Long Overdue – March 3, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Seven Stops on the Road To Resurrection Week Two: Reformation – February 25, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Seven Stops on the Road To Resurrection Week One: Reflection – February 18, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Our Mistakes: First Steps Toward Healing – February 11, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Jesus Restoring Us to Ourselves – February 4, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Rounder Ways of Knowing – January 28, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
Making an Old Story New – January 21, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The God of Second Chances – January 14, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Last Laugh – January 7, 2024. Read it here. Watch it here.
2023
Growing Up and Letting Go – December 31, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Advent #4: Showing Up – December 24, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Advent #3: Cheer Up – December 17, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Advent #2: Shaping Up – December 10, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Advent #1: Wake Up – December 3, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Great Sorting Out – November 26, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Your One Wild Precious Life – November 19, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
When Time Is Short – November 12, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Swiftly Shaping Souls: Embracing Taylor Swift’s Passion and Influence – November 5, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Unfinished Business – October 29, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Responsibility #4 What Does It Mean to be Intentional about Money? – October 22, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Responsibility #3 What Does It Mean to be True to Ourselves? – October 15, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Responsibility #2 Jesus’s Take on What We “Own” – October 8, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Responsibility #1 When Push Comes to Shove – October 1, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Expanding the Footprint of our Heart – September 24, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Forgiving From the Heart – September 17, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
One Darn Thing After Another – September 10, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Moses in Mid-Life – September 3, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
An Abyss Filled with Light – August 27, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Even Jesus Was Teachable – August 20, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Sound of Sheer Silence – August 13, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
When We Find Ourselves Wrestling With Fear – August 6, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Community to Community – July 30, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
No Death, No Fear – July 23, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
God, The Extravagant – July 16, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Great Consolation – July 9, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Learn to Listen and Listen to Learn! – July 2, 2023. Watch full service here.
The Definition of Family – June 25, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Essential Freedom of Grace – June 18, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Reflections from Rome – June 11, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
What Everyone Wants to Know – June 4, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Not Your White Bread Version of Christianity – May 28, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Foundation Sunday – May 21. 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
A Taste for Wonder – May 14, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
If There is Any Fixed Star – May 7, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Church: Keeping Faith with the Goodness of the World – April 30, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
What it Takes to be a Survivor and a Saint – April 23, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Jesus & Julia – April 16, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Giving Up a Dead Jesus for a Living One – April 9, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Giving Up the Title – April 2, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Giving Up The Idea – March 26, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Giving Up Our Puny Ideas – March 19, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Giving Up the Idea of Home – March 12, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Giving Up Being Smug – March 5, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Giving Up the Good for the Best – February 26, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
That Which is Within You – February 19, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Never Ignore What You Suddenly Remember – February 12, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Like a Spring of Water – February 5, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Accounting for Happiness – January 29, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
No Divisions – January 22, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
What Are You Looking For? – January 15, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
Humble Beginnings – January 8, 2023. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Eagle and the Star – January 1, 2023 .Read it here. Watch it here.
2022
The Light Shines In The Darkness – December 25, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Story of Joseph, or When Doing the Right Thing Isn’t Enough – December 18, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Expecting Messiah – December 11, 2022 Read it here. Watch it here.
Expecting Fire – December 4, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Expecting a Vision – November 27, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Keep the Faith – November 20, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Persist in Everything – November 13, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Bloom Where You Are Planted – November 6, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Cultivate an Authentic Faith – October 30, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Humility: Life’s Longest Lesson – October 23, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be – October 16, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Seven Weddings and as Many Funerals – October 9, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Remember – October 2, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us? – September 25, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Long Road to Growing Up – September 18, 2022 .Read it here. Watch it here.
Lost & Found – September 11, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Counting the Cost – September 4, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Jesus’s Tips On Table Etiquette – August 28, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Belief and Belonging – August 21, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Fire and Reign of God – August 14, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Puerto Rico Sunday – August 7, 2022
What Is Your Life? – July 31, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Not Me – July 24, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Rescue – July 17, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Taking Hold of the Life That Is Really Life – July 10, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
I Walk in Faith and Hope – July 3, 2022.Read it here. Watch it here.
The Mentoring Instinct – June 26, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Finding the Little Bit of Blue Sky That is Always There Within Us – June 19, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
A Little Lower Thank the Angels – June 12, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Fires – June 5, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Shaking the Foundations – May 29, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Jesus and the Platinum Rule – May 22, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Foundation Sunday – May 15, 2022. Watch it here.
Good Happens – May 8, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
To Be or Not To Be – May 1, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
When Woundedness Reaches Out to Woundedness – April 24, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Discovering Easter in the Everyday – April 17, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Pax Romana, Pax Eterna – April 10, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
You Won’t Always Have Me – April 3, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Prodigal Father – March 27, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
That Which Lasts – March 20, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
As A Hen Gathers Her Brood – March 13, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Giving Up the Good to Embrace the Best – March 6, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Letting go of the Fundamentalist Impulse – February 27, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here
The Heart of Our Faith – February 20, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Sentimental Education – February 13, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Deep Waters – February 6, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
When Our Little Lives Turn on a Dime – January 30, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
On Saving the Best for Last – January 23, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
Remaining Present – January 16, 2022. Read it here.
I Have Called You By Name – January 9, 2022. Read it here. Watch it here.
When We Fall In Love With the Night – January 2, 2022. – Read it here. Watch it here.
2021
The Face of Jesus – December 26, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
A Surprise Adoption – December 19, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
Hope is in the King – December 12, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
We Work While We Wait – December 5, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
Managing Un-Expectations – November 28, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
“…Until the Moon Is No More” – November 21, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
There Is Freedom, Then There Is Freedom – November 14, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
What Is Truth? / Coping with a Post-Truth World – November 7, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
Mary’s Song – Sunday, October 31, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Test of a True Prophet – Sunday, October 24, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Spiritual Discipline of Remembrance – Sunday, October 17, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
Midwives of Us All – Sunday, October 10, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Critical Importance of What We Choose To Worship – Sunday, October 3, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
The Bible’s Beginning – Sunday, September 26, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.
Little Levers of Kindness – Sunday, September 19, 2021. Read it here. Watch it here.