As the church and minister prepare to go on sabbatical, Paul exhorts us to be assured of God's love, because God loved us and came in the form of Jesus…
On our Sunday recognizing servant leaders and graduates, we talk about our core identity as a church that Cares Within. Sometimes that means listening, sometimes that means leading, sometimes that…
Defining the boundaries of Progressive Christian Theology can be hard, often because it's all about asking questions and understanding that the answers may be unsatisfying. But we should never stop…
To kick off our 2019 sermon series on our church identity, we take a look at the great commission and our call to make disciples of all the nations. Welcome…
The empty cross gives us the freedom to imagine new worlds, create new hopes, and live with the presence of Christ among us to build God's sovereign realm together. It…
The conflict between the triumph of the palms and the suffering and death of Jesus during Holy Week looms over our worship on the last day of Lent. What are…
The core of the social gospel reminds us that it's not our job to judge others, but to do what we can to ease suffering. A fitting 250th sermon posted…
Our life stories have many treasures. Sharing them multiplies them, building our faith and the community around us.
Matthew's recounting of Jesus's teachings about discipleship continue with a troubling example of welcome and rejection at a wedding feast. Once we are part of a Christian community, how do…
Jesus's parable of the vineyard shows us the resentment that can build when we think others deserve what we have less than we do. But much of that resentment comes…
One of the amazing predictions Jesus makes is that, in our church life, we're going to sin against one another. The question is whether than sin is an invitation to…
Jesus was changed on the mountaintop, giving us hope that we, too, could be transformed. In the unlikely world of race and sports, we see people change through confession, testimony,…
What unifies the stories of the Death of John the Baptist, the Feeding of the 5,000, and Jesus walking on water? Jesus's response to the palpable fear of his disciples:…
When Jesus tells us to enter through the narrow gate, one of the things he's talking about is the real work of reconciliation. When tastes change and things we used…
In the prayer Jesus teaches us, we ask that God provide "our daily bread." What is that? How can we know? When we are giving to others, it makes us…
Sometimes, in the pressure to be entrepreneurial of today's world, we miss our opportunities to shine by mastering the work in front of us, working with and serving others whatever…
Matthew reminds us that Jesus's time in the wilderness came at the beginning of his ministry, and not at the end. As we head into a sabbatical year, we wonder,…
Jesus's Baptism by John reminds us of the sign of hope Noah received after the flood, and prepares us for Jesus's servant leadership at the time of death. But it…
