Sermon Texts
October 1, 2023 – Behind Every Question
September 17, 2023 – Forgiveness and Grace
September 10, 2023 – The Great Debates of our Age
September 3, 2023 – Trust Walks
August 27, 2023 – St. Peter and the Pearly Gates
August 20, 2023 – Joseph and Scooby Doo
August 13, 2023 – Human and Divine Nature
July 2, 2023 – God-Finds in the Pilgrimage
June 18, 2023 – The Greatest Virtue and the Greatest Sin
June 11, 2023 – A Real Life Tax Collector
June 4, 2023 – God Is Not Just One Thing
May 28, 2023 – Loneliness, Tribes, and Pentecost
May 21, 2023 – Youth Sunday
April 23, 2023 – Sacred Sloppy Joes
April 9, 2023 – Easter Sunday: Great Fear and Great Joy
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday: Babette’s Feast
April 6, 2023 – Maundy Thursday: Leaving a Legacy
April 2, 2023 – Palm Sunday: How to Deal with Stress
March 26, 2023 – Desert Moments
March 19, 2023 – Open Our Eyes
March 5, 2023 – Quotable Phrases
February 26, 2023 – The Skynet Moment of Humanity
February 22, 2023 – Ash Wednesday: Keeping Our Deaths Close
February 19, 2023 – Changes in Perspective
February 12, 2023 – How to Change the World for the Better
February 5, 2023 – The Wisdom of America’s Test Kitchen
January 22, 2023 – We Are All Kids with Moon Shoes
January 15, 2023 – Harry Potter and the Ineffable
January 8, 2023 – A Light When All Other Lights Go Out
December 24, 2022 – A Very Smelly Christmas
December 18, 2022 – O Wait, O Wait, Emmanuel
December 4, 2022 – Tidings of Comfort and Challenge
November 27, 2022 – Advent Training
November 20, 2022 – Shapes and Kings
November 13, 2022 – Heaven, Hell, and Nutella
October 30, 2022 – Even Tax Collectors Are Worthy of Love
October 16, 2022 – Persistence and Stewardship
October 9, 2022 – The Magic of Giving Thanks
October 2, 2022 – Mustard Seeds and Gold Stars
September 18, 2022 – A Terrible Story
September 4, 2022 – Anxiety Dreams and Thomas Merton
August 28, 2022 – One Big Dinner Party
August 21, 2022 – Barriers and Invitations
August 14, 2022 – The Heart of Company
July 3, 2022 – Interdependence Day
June 26, 2022 – Baseball, Parrots, and a Screaming Baby
June 19, 2022 – The Demons We Know
June 5, 2022 – Pentecost Biases
May 22, 2022 – First Come, First Served
May 15, 2022 – Widening the Circle
April 24, 2022 – Magic Eye Puzzles
April 17, 2022 – Dear God, What Do We Do Now? (Easter Sunday)
April 15, 2022 – The Ragman (Good Friday)
April 14, 2022 – Accepting Love (Maundy Thursday)
April 10, 2022 – Tragedy (Palm Sunday)
April 3, 2022 – A Delightfully Weird Story
March 27, 2022 – The Prodigal Son – Seminarian Jess Smith
March 20, 2022 – Not in the Bible
March 13, 2022 – Foxes and Hens
March 6, 2022 – If I Were in Charge
March 2, 2022 – Ash Wednesday – One Way Ticket to Mars
February 27, 2022 – A Face Lighting Up
February 20, 2022 – Lessons from Flour
February 13, 2022 – Growing our Roots
February 6, 2022 – What Do These Three Have in Common?
January 30, 2022 – Bad Drivers and Loud Chewers
January 16, 2022 – Like a Picture from Where’s Waldo
January 9, 2022 – Graffiti and the Voice of God
January 2, 2022 – The True Story of the Wise Men
December 24, 2021 – Disruptions
December 19, 2021 – Almost There
December 12, 2021 – Uncomfortable Words
December 5, 2021 – The Dogsled Serum Run of 1925…and Those Who Prepared the Way
November 28, 2021 – God’s Kingdom Is Near – Seminarian Jess Smith
November 21, 2021 – The Great Stand-Off
November 14, 2021 – The Frustration of Learning How to Walk
November 7, 2021 – Two Bold Widows
October 31, 2021 – What Is Death but a Negligible Accident?
October 24, 2021 – Meeting Bartimaeus and Jesus
October 10, 2021 – Serving God and Google
October 3, 2021 – Elephants in Refrigerators
September 26, 2021 – Going to the Good Place
September 12, 2021 – Scary Words: Confession, Denial, Surrender
August 29, 2021 – Marathons and Sacraments
August 22, 2021 – God Is Not Elsewhere
July 11, 2021 – The Power of Truth
July 4, 2021 – Too Big For Your Britches
June 20, 2021 – Fear and Storms
June 6, 2021 – Magic and Disbelief
May 30, 2021 – What Niagara Falls Taught Me About God
May 23, 2021 – The Language Barrier
April 18, 2021 – A Desert Story and Forgiveness
April 11, 2021 – Momma Bear Jesus
April 4, 2021 – Easter Sunday: Doors That Refuse to Close
April 2, 2021 – Good Friday: The Magpies and the Snake
April 1, 2021 – Maundy Thursday: Giving Blood
March 28, 2021 – Parades and Parodies
March 21, 2021 – Fingers, Arrows, Signs
March 14, 2021 – Anything But Snakes
March 7, 2021 – Reading the Bible and Clutching Our Pearls
February 28, 2021 – Oobleck, Frozen, and CS Lewis
February 21, 2021 – Weapons of War No More
February 17, 2021 – Ash Wednesday: Creating Heaven
February 7, 2021 – Eagles and Deserts
January 31, 2021 – The Problem with Authority
January 24, 2021 – Planners and Wanderers
January 17, 2021 – Big Brothers vs. Big Parent
January 10, 2021 – What I Think About When My Dog Runs
January 3, 2021 – The Gospel of… Thomas?
December 24, 2020 – That Was the Year When…
December 20, 2020 – Mary’s Singing
December 13, 2020 – Cheese and Prophets
December 6, 2020 – Waiting for Hamburgers
November 29, 2020 – Slowing Down to Wait
November 25, 2020 – Thanksgiving in the Wilderness
November 22, 2020 – Trials and Kingdoms
November 8, 2020 – A Failure to Plan on Your Part
November 1, 2020 – The Scariest Time of the Year
October 25, 2020 – The Opposite of Indifference
October 18, 2020 – Money, Hymns, and Centipedes
October 11, 2020 – The Chosen Ones
October 4, 2020 – Signatures and the Name of God
September 27, 2020 – Family Vacations
September 20, 2020 – Earning Grace
September 13, 2020 – Talents and Denarii
September 6, 2020 – The Corrymeela Dishwasher
August 30, 2020 – The Power of a Name
August 23, 2020 – Dating Apps and Identity
August 9, 2020 – Water, Math Class, and Love
July 26, 2020 – Indiana Jones, Yeast, and John Lewis
July 19, 2020 – Wheat and Weeds and Far Side