“Two Thoughts” - Sunday Homilies

Faith in Jesus as a relationship with a real person.

Surrender and Glory

Thoughts for the beginning of Lent.

Rights and Responsibility, Being Cured and Being Healed

Thninking about words of power and listening for God's voice.

Being Chosen, Committing, and Letting Go

Stay with Jesus

Considering the holiness of the family.

On hearing, confusion, and consent.

Service as Preparation for Christ's Coming.

The Parable of the 10 Virgins

Four Contemporary Critiques

Loving God with our whole selves: Considering the relationship between law and love.

Avoiding ego baiting and false alternatives.

What keeps us from the wedding banquet of life? And where do we get our wedding garment?

On Prayer, Beauty, and Bearing Fruit

Believing as acting, and thinking about thinking.

Moving from a transactional economy to an economy of grace, and this risk of disguising jealousy as justice.

Considering the role of a supportive community in responding to God's call to make necessary change.

Getting it right, moving from "Christianism" to Christianity, and the synchrony bewteen Heaven and Earth.

Welcoming the outsider.

Embracing complexity and listening for God's voice.

Cultivating an understanding heart and trusting that God makes all things work for good for those who love him.

Considering the parable of the weeds in the field.

Finding Rest and Being Freed from Self-Reliance

The Cost of Discipleship & The Chain of Receiving

Finding Strength for the Journey: Meaning Making and Grieving

To reconcile and to feel in the gut.

Signs of a life in the Spirit

Waiting for the Holy Spirit.

"If you love me, keep my commandments."