Faith Explorations

We are all living stones – A conversation

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

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

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

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

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

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...

A Prayer for our Darkest Valleys

A Prayer for our Darkest Valleys

Today's Sermon focus A Prayer for Your Dark DaysNormally, when I preach I focus on the gospel reading, but that’s not the focus today, even though there is a lot we could discuss in this gospel lesson about healing, testimony, and trust. There’s a lot that could be...

Nicodemus Fan Club

Nicodemus Fan Club

Today's Sermon focus There is room for your questions and wonder in ChristianityNicodemus is my new hero and here’s why. He is a religious leader. He’s already supposed to know ‘all the things’ and be the one teaching other people ‘all the things.’ He’s not supposed...

If Only…

If Only…

Today's Sermon focus Moving from WHAT IF to FaithTevye, in Fiddler On the Roof, sings: “If I Were a Rich Man” If I were a rich man,All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.If I were a wealthy man.I wouldn't have to work hard.If I were a biddy biddy...

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