Sermon for Pentecost, Year C, June 5, 2022. The story of the tower of Babel and the story of the first Pentecost are the same: stories of people being sent forth to dream bigger dreams.

Sermon for the 7th Sunday of Easter, May 29, 2022. What I want you to remember this week is that when Jesus was here on earth in a body like you and me, that he prayed for you. He prayed for you. He prayed for this church. He prayed for all of us.

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 8, 2022. So often, when we're called to make a difficult decision or we're called to walk alongside with someone else who's making a difficult decision, we don't hear God’s voice in a neat and tidy way.

Sermon for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany (February 27, 2022). After weeks of growing tension on the news, on Thursday morning we woke up to hear that Russia has invaded Ukraine. Radio reporters on the ground spoke to families fleeing Odessa on foot. They played recordings from their phones of the sounds missile strikes made in their hotel rooms. 

And here is what I want to say to you about that:

Do not be ashamed to pray.

Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany (February 20, 2022). The other day I learned a new concept, the “Leaden Rule.” As you might guess, this is kind of the inside-out of the Golden Rule, and the rule is this: When I’m at my worst, I do to others that which I most fear having done to me.

Sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 9, 2021). When you hear the word joy, is there a person, living or dead, whose face comes to mind?

Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent (February 28, 2021). I once heard a woman in recovery from addiction sum up her life in this way. “My life [in recovery] didn’t become a rose garden. But it became a life.”

In the wilderness? Surrounded by beasts? You are not alone. Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent (February 21, 2021).

When have you experienced a moment of being with the love of God? Sermon for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany (February 14, 2021).