Sermon Texts

October 1, 2023 – Behind Every Question

September 24, 2023 – Not Fair

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

May 14, 2023 – Images of God

May 7, 2023 – Sanctuary

April 30, 2023 – Holy Portals

April 23, 2023 – Sacred Sloppy Joes

April 16, 2023 – The “D” Word

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 12, 2023 – Walls

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

November 6, 2022 – What If?

October 30, 2022 – Even Tax Collectors Are Worthy of Love

October 23, 2022 – Pet Peeves

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 11, 2022 – Stupid

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

May 1, 2022 – Fish Stories

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 23, 2022 – One Body

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 17, 2021 – Blind Mice

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

September 5, 2021 – Be Opened

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 27, 2021 – Daughters

June 20, 2021 – Fear and Storms

June 13, 2021 – Underdogs

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 14, 2021 – Listening

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

August 2, 2020 – A Fish Story

July 26, 2020 – Indiana Jones, Yeast, and John Lewis

July 19, 2020 – Wheat and Weeds and Far Side