Sermons

Epiphany VII: What God says to each and every one of us, in any number of ways and through countless experiences, is that we are all called to a life of goodness, fairness, and decency toward all people.

Epiphany V: Compassion is our best diagnostic tool for social reform, because it rivets attention on where present arrangements are most failing to deliver.

Epiphany IV: Because prophets tell us things we really already know but don’t want to remember, we almost always find them irritating. That is why history records so many unhappy ends for God’s prophets.

Epiphany I: What other voices might you be listening to that take you away from your central identity and belonging as beloved children of God?

Christmas I: This is where the unchanging nature of God profits us: in creating us, and in assuming human flesh, God has claimed us for the site of God’s activity.

Christmas Day: When God chose to make God’s home not only heaven, but this universe, this planet, and the very substance and flesh of human existence, then regardless of where we go in this life God will be there, too.

Christmas Eve Sermon

Carols by Candlelight: I finally got it deep down in my spirit: that Jesus wasn’t about any particular place or time; that Christ’s spirit transcends time and place; that Jesus is everywhere if we will only welcome him in.

Advent IV: How do we prepare the mansion within us, within our home and temple, to welcome the Christ child into our lives?

Advent III: For John the Baptist, the advent of Jesus shines the divine light on our world, but also, at a deeper level, makes us able to learn what our world is all about.