Sermons

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

Christmas Lessons and Carols: What I love about sanctuaries is what lingers in them; the palpable sense of holiness and stillness; the poignancy and mystery of life lived in the company of Jesus; the prophetic prod to journey with him and into the world he came to save.

Advent IV: Christmas comes. It comes as forgiveness, comes as reconciliation, comes as welcome.

Bethlehem Prayer Service

Advent III: Not many people in America truly enjoy life… The expectations for happiness are so great, yet the sense of inner joy so frequently absent.

Advent III: You and I who follow Jesus must continue to stand with and for the victims of gun violence and we must redouble our efforts to help our leaders do the right thing so that our schools, our workplaces, and our streets will be safe places for precious human beings to live out their lives in the fulfillment of Christmas peace and joy.

Advent II: Nelson Mandela put it right on the line. It was a hope and a vision and an ideal that he could see and he was willing to bet his life on it.

Advent I: Advent challenges us to name—as individuals, as families, as a people—our own lonely exile; to acknowledge our sad divisions; to admit that we cannot, we cannot save ourselves.

Advent I: To be a Christian is to be an ambassador of Jesus’ joy.