Faith Explorations
Swimming in Deeper Waters
Today's Sermon focus Faith is trust in the Lord - trust enough to let God lead us into deeper waters, even without water wingsPaul’s letter to the church in Rome was written before the church was the church. Before the Vatican, the art, the music, the buildings, or...
The Right Story for the Right Day
Today's Sermon focus The stories we need when life is hardLike most of us, I love great storytelling. One of the hallmarks of great storytellers that I most appreciate is that they adjust how they tell the story to meet the needs of the people listening and the...
Listen to my son
Today's Sermon focus Listening to Jesus about the realities of walking to the cross. What does this mean for us now?Do you remember the part in the Wizard of Oz when the Great and Powerful Oz was speaking to Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion for...
We are all living stones – A conversation
Today's Sermon focus Walking in Trust with Christ - Moving Forward with a Holy 'Yes!'In many indigenous cultures it is not unusual to accept material like rivers and stones to be sentient, holding memory or having spirit. In Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being,...
All We Like Sheep…and Fancy Bunnies
Today's Sermon focus There's no shame in being sheep! It's how we are made. But, we do need to listen to the Good Shepherd's voiceHave you ever read a book or watched a documentary that you thought just was so illuminating that you’d never forget it because it just...
Risking Participation
Today's Sermon focus Participation in creation, not always as the stars of the show but hopefully as the stewards, the "do-ers" of justice A few days ago I went on a hike up Saddle Rock and there was a field trip going on of bunches of 5th graders. There were...
The Path of Life
Today's Sermon focus Jesus' Prayer Practice TeachingEaster is not only of time of exhilaration, but a time of acceleration. As renewed and enlivened people of God, we are driven to accelerate the Good News of resurrection life. Picture yourself driving through a work...
A Walk Into Holy Week
Today's Sermon focus Let's not skip to Easter too quickly... Wow. What an emotional ride Palm/Passion Sunday is. We start here (hand up!) and end up here (hand down low!). Looking ahead to Easter through Holy Week, it’s like starting on one high mountain top and then...
A Coming Out Party
Today's Sermon focus God's call is for us to include others in our circles of caring so that we are a part of their liberation Included in the Prayer of St. Francis is the prayer, “O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be...
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