Sermons

Easter V: God is saying something to us in the streets of Baltimore, Ferguson, Oakland, and New York. We have the opportunity—and the responsibility—to read the current moment and respond.

Easter IV: For Jesus, there is no “other,” no “us and them,” no group or tribe or race or orientation which we should exclude from the love of God in us. There is no “them,” no “other sheep;” there is only us all, the sheep whom Christ loves.

Easter III: Resurrection is about a new heaven and a new earth. In raising Jesus, God has taken the first step in the remaking of creation. Not just Jesus and not only his friends, but the whole world is being renewed. When it is all over, creation will resemble what God originally intended.

Easter II: But I think it’s a struggle for all of us. We all have things that we lock up inside that need to be unlocked to liberate us to experience that same Easter joy and purpose.

Easter: If you are poised for resurrection, he knows. And he knows what you’ve been through to reach this place. He wants you to know that he’s here for you, to walk before you toward a new life.

Lent V: We human beings are a mess. And yet we witness moments of human depth and compassion that show us what we might be on our way, with God’s help, to becoming.

Lent IV: We’re halfway to Jerusalem. I invite you at this midpoint to consider dropping some of that baggage you brought into the wilderness with you. Travel light, go dark to better find the Light in your life.

Lent III: Sometimes, we get caught up in the power of the world’s problems and forget the power of God. In times like these, we need to remember more than God’s work in nature.

Lent II: Abraham’s life exemplifies the doubleness of absurdity and hope, faith, and doubt.

Lent I: Much like you can’t race through Advent and fully experience Christmas, I bid you this day to enter this season reflecting, repenting, going deeper with God.