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Sermon Archive
Florence Sthreshley Memorial – April 18, 2021
Monsters Under the Bed – April 18, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – April 18, 2021
My House – April 11, 2021 (Intern Sam Zeigler’s last Sunday)
Worship at Home Guide – April 11, 2021
A Memorial Garden Easter – April 4, 2021
Crucified, Dead, Buried: He Descended into Hell – March 28, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – March 28, 2021
Preparing for Death – March 21, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – March 21, 2021
Conflict – A Biblical History -March 7, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – March 7, 2021
Father Abraham – February 28, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – February 28, 2021
Authority to Forgive – February 21, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – February 21, 2021
Raising Eschatological Questions – February 14, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – February 14, 2021
Pandemic Wall to Pandemic Well – February 7, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – February 7, 2021
Lies, Damn Lies, and an Unclean Spirit – January 31, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – January 31, 2021
Callings -Following Religiously, January 24, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – January 24, 2021
I Love You More than You Can Imagine, Now Go Away – January 10, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – January 10, 2021
Rest and Renewal – January 3, 2021
Worship at Home Guide – January 3, 2021
Kerra’s Greatest Hits – December 27, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – December 27, 2020
Life is Difficult, Rejoice Anyway – December 20, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – December 20, 2020
Love – Calling it for The Good – December 13, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – December 13, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – November 29, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – November 22, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – November 15, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – November 8, 2020
Prayer, Belief, Practice, Tradition – October 25, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – October 25, 2020
Thy Kingdom Come, My Kingdoms Go – October 18, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – October 18, 2020
Many are Called, Few are Chosen – October 11, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – October 11, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – World Communion Sunday, Oct 4, 2020
The Way of the Righteous – September 27, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – September 27, 2020
Laborers in the Vineyard, Ignatian Contemplation – September 20, 2020
Worship at Home Guide – September 20, 2020
Sing a New Song – Worship Guide/Sermon, September 6, 2020
To Identify with those Who Threaten the Empire – August 30, 2020
Worship Guide – August 30, 2020
Wash Your Hands, Watch Your Mouth, Change Your Heart – August 16, 2020
It is Hard Not to Write Satire – Sermon – August 9, 2020
It is Hard Not to Write Satire – Worship at Home Guide, August 9, 2020
Children of the Kingdom – Worship Guide/Sermon Notes, July 19, 2020
Mysteria – Revealed Secrets – Sermon, July 12, 2020
Mysteria – Revealed Secrets – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, July 12, 2020
Rest for Your Soul – Sermon, July 5, 2020
Rest for Your Soul – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, July 5, 2020
Hospitality – The Practice of Our Faith – sermon, June 28, 2020
Hospitality – the Practice of Our Faith – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, June 28, 2020
The Empire Strikes Back – June 21, 2020
The Empire Strikes Back- Worship at Home Guide – June 21, 2020
Imperial Power is Bad for your Health – Scripture and Sermon
Imperial Power is Bad for your Health – Worship at Home Guide, June 14, 2020
Go, Make, Baptize, Teach and Remember – June 7, 2020
June 7 – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE
Receive the Holy Spirit – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE May 31, 2020
Waterless Springs; Mists Driven by a Storm – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, May 24, 2020
Tend the Flock in Your Charge – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE May 17, 2020
Speaking the Very Words of God – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, May 10,2020
Tender Hearts; Humble Minds – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, May 3, 2020
Honor Everyone – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, April 26, 2020
The Path of Life – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, April 19, 2020
Strength, Might, Salvation – Worship at Home Guide, Easter 2020
Maundy Thursday – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, April 9, 2020
Blessed is the One (Sermon for Palm Sunday) – April 5, 2020
Palm Sunday – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, April 5, 2020
Soul Work – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, March 29, 2020
Familiarity – The Lord is My Shepherd – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, March 22, 2020
Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough – WORSHIP AT HOME GUIDE, March 15, 2020
Pilgrimage: From Where Will My Help Come – March 8, 2020
The Prophetic Message: A Lamp in a Dark Place – February 23, 2020
When Jesus Starts Meddling – February 16, 2020
No Mud, No Lotus – February 2, 2020
Make for Yourself a Teacher – January 26, 2020
The Glad News of Deliverance – January 19, 2020
Dreamers_Rachel’s Lament – December 29, 2019
Light – Susan Vitale – Advent Wreath, Christmas Eve
Jesus 23 and Me – December 22, 2019
The Birth Announcement – December 1, 2019
Christmas Music Already– November 17, 2019
Q & A with Jesus – November 10, 2019
All That Is, Seen and Unseen – All Saints Sunday – November 3, 2019
Written on Their Hearts (Notes on Jeremiah) – October 20, 2019
Seek the Welfare of the City – October 13, 2019
Too Real To Hide, Too Deep to Undo – September 22, 2019
Holy Anger – September 15, 2019
The Potter’s House – September 8, 2019
The Taste of God’s Words – September 1, 2019
God’s Constructive Criticism – August 11, 2019
Where Do You Store Your Treasure? – August 4, 2019
To Look the Other Way – July 14, 2019
The Cost of Health Care – July 7, 20019 The Cost of Health Care
Words that Include – June 23, 2019
Words of Wisdom – June 16, 2019
Words Have Power – June 9, 2019
Paul’s Power and Privilege – June 2, 2019
Praise the Lord and Love Each Other – May 19, 2019
An Ordinary Resurrection – May 12, 2019
The Mystical Transformation of God’s Love – May 5, 2019
Proclaiming the Gospel for the Salvation of Humankind – April 21, 2019, Easter
By His Bruises – April 18, 2019, Maundy Thursday
Declaration and Doubt – April 14, 2019, Palm Sunday
For the Love of Friends – April 7, 2019
Cause for Celebration – March 31, 2019
Wasting the Soil – March 24, 2019
Friend of Pharisees and Sinners Alike – March 17, 2019
To Testify in the Midst of a Sinful World – March 10, 2019
Repairing the Breach – Ash Wed – March 6, 2019
Jesus on the Way – March 3, 2019
Loving the Unlovable – February 25, 2019
Life’s Wild Restless Sea – February 10, 2019
Called to Love – February 3, 2019
Scripture Readings about Scripture Readings – January 27, 2019
Like a Feather on the Breath of God – Amanda Hill’s Ordination – January 20, 2019
January 13 – snow day cancellation
Wise Foolishness of Following a Star – January 6, 2019
My Eyes Have Seen – December 30, 2018
The Angelic Message – Do Not Be Afraid – December 24, 2018 (Christmas Eve)
O Little Town – December 23, 2018
Don’t Shoot the Messenger – December 9, 2018
Not From This World – November 25, 2018
Jesus’ Second Commandment – November 18, 2018
Nature and Grace – Andrew Bowman’s Ordination – November 10, 2018
Call to Communion and Peace – St. James the Less – November 5, 2018
Jesus’ First Commandment – November 4, 2018
Seeing and Being Seen – October 28, 2018
Who do you think you are? – October 21, 2018
Crucified, Dead, Buried – October 7, 2018
Reading Esther for Today – September 30, 2018
Welcoming Children – September 23, 2018
What do followers do? – September 16, 2018
Preparing People to Leave Us – September 9, 2018
Love Poetry – September 2, 2018
Lord of All, Head of the Church – August 19, 2018
And He Began to Teach – July 22, 2018
What Do You Do with the Mad That You Feel – July 15, 2018
She Spent All She Had – July 1, 2018
Sown and Grown – June 17, 2018
Here I Am Lord, A Samuel Story – June 10, 2018
Things that Make Jesus Want To Drink Gin from the Cat Dish – June 3, 2018
Baptizing into the Mystery – May 27, 2018
Does Love Require Sacrifice? – April 29, 2018
Love in Truth and Action (Charge to Andrew Bowman) – April 22, 2018
Children of God I Write to You Because (Notes) – April 15, 2018
Fools for Christ – Easter Sunday – April 1, 2018
Sweet Sweet Victory – March 25, 2018
This Lonesome Valley – March 18, 2018
The Poison Prescription – March 11, 2018
Foolishness and Disruption – March 4, 2018
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World – February 25, 2018
Wild Beasts and Angels – February 18, 2018
Ash Wednesday Prayer and Meditation – 2017 & 2018
Who Do You Say that I Am? – February 10, 2018 – Transfiguration Sunday
The Power of Teaching with Authority – January 28, 2018
Creatively Maladjusted – January 21, 2018 (Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday)
Drawn to the Light – January 7, 2018
Mary’s Treasure – December 24, 2017
The Long Walk of Darkness – December 23, 2017
Speak Tenderly to Jerusalem; Cry Out in the Wilderness – December 10, 2017
King of the Sheeple – November 26, 2017
Your Blessed Saints – November 5, 2017
Alone – Reformation Sunday – October 29, 2017
Thoughts for Today on the Sixth Commandment – October 8, 2017
By Whose Authority – October 1, 2017
God’s Economy – Enough – September 24, 2017
The Manipulative Power of Forgiveness – September 17, 2017
Wake Up: The Urgency of the Gospel – September 10, 2017
The God of our Ancestors Becomes I Am – September 3, 2017
The Genealogy of Genesis: Joseph – Saving the Tribes of Israel – August 13, 2017
The Genealogy of Genesis: Matriarchs, Handmaids, and the Forgotten Feminine – August 6, 2017
The Genealogy of Genesis: Jacob, Deception, Drama, and Dreams – July 30, 2017
The Genealogy of Genesis: Issac – No Laughing Matter – July 23, 2017
The Genealogy of Genesis: Father Abraham – July 16, 2017
Follow, Love, and Work on Reconciliation – July 9, 2017 (Ordination/Installation)
Take Up Your Cross – June 25, 2017
Retribution, Restoration, and Reconciliation – June 18, 2017
Jesus Prays: Father, It’s Time – June 11, 2017
Rough Times Ahead, The Spirit Will Guide You – June 4, 2017
Love One Another, and My Joy Will Be Your Joy – May 28, 2017
Keep My Commandments – May 21, 2017
Trust Me and Do My Work – May 14, 2107
Who Are You Going to Trust? – May 7, 2017
Open Eyes, Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors – April 30, 2017
Earthquakes and Lighting and Whispers of Doubt – April 16, 2017 (Easter)
Tell Me About God, I’m Starting to Forget – April 9, 2017
Healing – for Westminster Canterbury – March 30, 2017
Nevertheless She Persisted – March 19, 2017
Face to Face – February 26, 2017
Choose Life: the Ethics of Jesus – February 12, 2017
Excelling in Righteousness – February 5, 2017
The Statutes of Omri and the Works of the House of Ahab – January 29, 2017
Prayer Uncensored – January 22, 2017
Not So Light a Thing – January 15, 2017
Seeing the Spirit of God – January 8, 2017
Who is the New King? – January 1, 2017
Christmas Eve 2016 – December 24, 2016
They are Like Trees – December 18, 2016
Visions and Realities – November 27, 2016
Love Is Not a Victory March – November 20, 2016
Love Your Enemies. Christ Has This! – November 6, 2016
Dinner with a Sinner – October 30, 2016
The Sinner That You Are – October 23, 2016
Sent to the Center of the Universe – October 9, 2016
All About That Faith – October 2, 2016
The Qualifications for Church Leadership – September 25, 2016
Cringeworthy – September 18, 2016
Prayers for a Protege – September 11, 2016
Political, Personal, and At Great Cost – September 4, 2016
Faith and Doubt – August 14, 2016
Thy Kingdom Come, and Soon Please – August 7, 2016
Wisdom and Foolishness – July 24, 2016
The Word is Very Near You – July 10, 2016
The Outcomes belong to God – July 3, 2016 (3 of 3 – Evangelism Series)
What’s Your Excuse – June 26, 2016 (2 of 3 – Evangelism Series)
When All Means All – June 19, 2016 (1 of 3 – Evangelism Series)
The Woman and the Dragon – May 15, 2016
Beginning and End, Alpha and Omega – May 8, 2016
The Holy City and The River of Life – May 1, 2016
A New Heaven and New Earth – April 24, 2016
To the Seven Churches – April 17, 2016
Singing and Praising in Heaven – April 10, 2016
Death and New Life – Easter – March 27, 2016
Remember – Maundy Thursday – March 24, 2016
Shouts and Silence (Palm Sunday) – March 20, 2016
Judas Versus the Poor – March 13, 2016
I’ve Got Nothing – February 28, 2016
The Transforming Love of Friends – February 7, 2016
Looking Back – January 31, 2016
January 24 – Snow day cancellation
Spiritual Gifts – January 17, 2016
Magic, Money and Mercy – January 10, 2016
Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room – December 27, 2015
Jesus our Baby Brother – December 24, 2015
A Cousin’s Passion, a Mother’s Prayer – December 13, 2015
King’s Dominion – November 22, 2015
Blessed Are – November 1, 2015
A Happy Ending – October 25, 2015
I am God – You are Not God – October 18, 2015
Praying in the Dark -October 11, 2015
Punished By or For our Sins – September 27, 2015
Be the Best – A Sixth Grade Flashback – September 20, 2015
May God Bless You with Anger – September 5, 2015
What We Hear Say And Do – August 30, 2015, Ordination Sunday
Communion: Eat This Bread – August 16, 2015
Communion: Bread from Heaven – August 9, 2015
Communion: the Bread of Life – August 2, 2015
Communion: Our Daily Bread – July 26, 2015
Sex Politics and Violence A Holy Man Loses His Head – July 12, 2015
Along with the Crowd – June 28, 2015
Shapiro Wedding Message – June 27, 2015
Not as Mere Mortals See – June 14, 2015
Divisions and Authenticity – June 7, 2015
Pentecost Sunday – May 24, 2015
Christ Prays for Us – May 17, 2015
Jesus Our Mother – May 10, 2015
As You Love Yourself – April 26, 2015
Putting Us Back Together – Easter – April 5, 2015
Sacrificial Love – April 2, 2015 (Maundy Thursday)
Jesus and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – March29, 2015
Broken Promises Restored Covenant – March 22, 2015
Selling Chicken for Jesus – March 8, 2015
Signs of God’s Promise – February 22, 2015
I Saw the Light – February 15, 2015
A Quiet Place to Pray – February 8, 2015
On Having Authority – February 1, 2015
Becoming One – January 18, 2015
Baptism:On Belonging and Authority – January 11, 2015
Prophets, Signs and Dreams – January 4, 2015
Little One Predestined – December 28, 2014
Christmas in Easter, Easter in Christmas – December 24, 2014
Shepherds Wise Men – December 21, 2014
Today’s Tears, Tomorrow’s Grace – December 14, 2014
Make a Highway – December 7, 2014
Loving Judgment – November 30, 2014
From the Foundation of the World – November 23, 2014
A Heart for Generosity – November 9, 2014
The Treasure of an Open Heart – November 2, 2014
With Gratitude Sing – October 26, 2014
Whose face? – October 19, 2014
Becoming the Body of Christ – October 5, 2014
Work Out Your Own Salvation – September 28,2014
What Does Jesus Say About Marriage? – September 21, 2014
Forgive us our Debts As… – September 14, 2014
God Shows Up in Community – September 7, 2014
Overcome Evil with Good – August 31, 2014
Is This My Life? – August 24, 2014
Hear, O Israel – August 10, 2014
Free Health Care and Food – August 3
Wheat and Weeds – July 20, 2014
No regrets No reservations – June 22, 2014
God is Really Real – June 1, 2014
Doctrinal Purity and the Nature of God – May 25, 2014
Suffering – 1 Peter – May 18, 2014
Transformed People Transform People (Star Wars Sunday) – May 4, 2014
Heart Soul Mind and Strength – April 27, 2014
Tradition of Tears – April 6, 2014
I See Said the Blind Man – March 30, 2014
What Water? What Food? – March 23, 2014
Is Your Pastor a Heretic? – March 16, 2014
Up and Down the Mountain – March 2, 2014 (Rachel Jenkins Shepherd)
Shameless, Naked, and Rebellious – February 23, 2014
You Have Heard It Said – February 16, 2014
Called to Shine – February 9, 2014
Blessings from the Mountain – February 2, 2014
Great Quests – January 26, 2014
The Sin of the World – January 19, 2014
Confession – All Things New – January 12, 2014
Called to Belong – December 15, 2013
Hungry for Righteousness – December 8, 2103
Hurry Up and Wait – December 1, 2013
Foundation for our Future – November 17, 2013
The God Who Richly Provides for Us – November 10, 2013
All Saints Day – November 3, 2013
Avoiding Stupid and Senseless Controversies – October 20, 2013
Sharing a Sincere Faith – October 13, 2013
World Communion Sermon – October 6, 2013
Buying a Stairway to Heaven – September 29, 2013
99 Righteous Sheep and the One Who Got Away – September 15, 2013
The Cost of Discipleship – September 8, 2013
A Place at the Table – September 1, 2013
Praying the Help Me Prayer – August 25, 2013
A Little Shame vs A Lot of Shame – August 18, 2013
Looking for Home – August 11, 2013
The Medium is the Message – August 4, 2013
Praying with Persistence – July, 28, 2013
Beautiful Immorality – July 14,2013
The Anonymous Evangelists – July 7, 2013
When Following Gets Real – June 30, 2013
Listen to the Silence – June 23, 2013
Mourning Jepthah’s Daughters – June 16, 2013
Where Praise Ultimately Leads Us – June 9, 2013
The Rule of Three – May 26,2013
The Spirit Amazes Us – May 19, 2013
The Holy Spirit Gives Us Peace – May 12, 2013
The Spirit Makes Our Home – May 5, 2013
Do You Love Me? – April 28, 2013
Overwhelming Catch – April 21, 2013
Breakfast on the Beach – April 14, 2013
Love is Stronger – March 31, 2013 (Easter)