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1

Facing El Capitan

2

Lying In A Manger

3

Christmas Message

4

Eyes for Emmanuel: An Unexpected Dream

5

Eyes for Emmanuel: Disappointed Expectations

6

Seeing Beyond Appearances

7

Christ Will Come Again

8

Driving in Scotland

9

A Biblical Perspective on Time and Why it Matters

10

Defiant Hope

11

A Wrestler With God

12

Finish the Race

13

The Power of Persistence

14

Party Time!

15

Lord: Increase Our Faith!

16

Jeremiah's Performance Art

17

A Messy Story

18

I Am Found

19

Summer Ministry Celebration

20

The Unmasking of Baal

21

Jonah: A Prophet From the Margins

22

God's Got Your Back

23

Blessings for Bethany and Beyond

24

Prophetic Imagination

25

Shameless Posturing

26

Fruit Basket Upset

27

Three Roles for All of Us

28

Wherever You Go, Wherever You Are

29

Footprints Unseen

30

No Longer Jew or Greek

31

Living Into God's Peace With Us

32

Paraclete

33

Diverse Unity

34

An Exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the World

35

Mending Wings Ministry

36

Like a Mother Hen

37

Living Witnesses

38

Coronation, Courage, and Cloudy Times

39

Resurrection Messengers (Easter Sunday)

40

When Faith Gets Personal: Eyes on the Cross

41

When Faith Gets Personal: The New Thing and You

42

The Dead Are Raised, And The Poor Have Good News Preached To Them

43

Lessons from the Wilderness

44

When Faith Gets Personal: Attention

45

When Faith Gets Personal: Voices We Hear and Stories We Tell

46

The Victory of God

47

That All May Know

48

A More Excellent Way

49

Unique and United

50

Uninformed

51

The Voice That Matters

52

A Story With Room For You In It

53

Jesus, the Word of God

54

Confidence and Humility in the Mundane

55

Shame Changed to Praise

56

Holy, Holy, Holy!

57

Watch and Walk

58

Jesus is Coming, Jesus is Here

59

Bitterness, Waiting and the God Who Remembers

60

Wrestling with God: Jesus' Last Prayer

61

Wrestling with God: The Garden Revisited

62

Wrestling with God: Jeremiah

63

Wrestling with God: Divine Moves

64

Jesus, the Stranger in the Scripture

65

Wrestling with God: Meeting On the Mat at 2 AM

66

Following Jesus

67

A Word on Praise

68

The Rock

69

Three Mission Stories

70

Soul Thirst

71

A Sound of Sheer Silence

72

Choose For Yourselves

73

Miraculous Forgiveness

74

The God Who Gets Up Out of Bed

75

Pray Like David Prayed

76

Praying the Psalms: Spiritual Pruning

77

Praying the Psalms: The Entire Kitchen Sink

78

Kilauea, Korea, and the Promise of God's Presence

79

Praying with the Psalms: Confidence in Good Times and Messiness

80

Good Shepherd

81

Seeing and Moving Towards God's Mercy

82

Better Than Life

83

The Ultimate Test

84

An Invitation to Dialogue

85

Jesus in the Present Time

86

Faith and Laughter

87

God on the Margins

88

Joining Abraham in God's Mission

89

God's Promise, Our Schemes

90

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

91

Come, Let Us Make A Name For Ourselves

92

When Hope Returns

93

The Veiled Messiah

94

Reverent Submission

95

Saved

96

Cruciform Leadership

97

Losing Yourself in the Kingdom

98

Remember Who You Are

99

Lurking at the Door

100

Beyond the Fig Leaves

101

Take Two

102

In Our Image

103

And God Saw That It Was Good

104

The Star

105

Aw or Awe?

106

Waiting for Gladness

107

The Time is Always Ripe

108

Therefore Keep Watch

109

Royal Power

110

Discipling Through One Another

111

Reforming Our Hearing of Scripture

112

Reforming Our Role

113

Reforming our Posture

114

Stewarding Our Story

115

Stewarding Our Wealth

116

Stewarding Ourselves

117

Staying Motivated in Caring For Creation

118

Life With the Good Shepherd

119

What's In A Name

120

Mission Stories

121

The Human Propensity to Mess Things Up

122

The Glory

123

In the Wilderness: What Song Will You Sing?

124

Who's Climbing the Ladder?

125

Go

126

The Treasure and the Pearl

127

Boisterous Tears and Silent Prayers

128

Legalism vs Antinomianism - A Tension of Excess

129

Standing Before Your Own Lord

130

How Do We Hear?

131

Christians and Jews: Mistakes and Learnings

132

What About Unbelieving Israel?

133

What About the Trinity?

134

Now Therefore...

135

Now Therefore...

136

Walk in the Light

137

The Horizon of Hope

138

A Way In the Wilderness

139

Life in the Spirit

140

Standing Where We Always Hoped

141

More to Come

142

Who Is This?

143

Encountering Jesus: Rise Up

144

Encountering Jesus: The Blind Man

145

Encounters with Jesus: The Outsider

146

Encountering Jesus: Nic at Night

147

A Defining Encounter

148

But Now!

149

The Human Propensity to Screw Things Up

150

Outsiders Are A Mess

151

Romans: Power of a Story

152

Good News from Belhar: Justice

153

Good News from Belhar: Love overcomes hate, fear, shame, and injustice

154

Good News From Belhar: Unity

155

Good News From Belhar, South Africa: An Opportunity

156

Preparing for the King: Immanuel

157

Preparing for the King: I'm Here

158

A Shoot from the Stump

159

Preparing for the King: Seeing, Training, Hearing

160

O Worship the King!

161

A Way Forward: Lessons for America and the Church from the First Century, Park 3

162

A Way Forward: Lessons for America and the Church from the First Century, Part 2

163

A Way Forward: Lessons for America and the Church from the First Century, Part 1

164

Full of God

165

True Grit

166

Taste and See

167

The Center

168

By This Everyone Will Know That You Are My Disciples, If You Love One Another

169

Faith Formation: Caught or Taught?

170

Love in Real Time: Mission Trip Stories

171

Say Yes

172

Social Engineering: Put Down the Wrench

173

Inhabiting the Unshakeable Kingdom

174

Shaping the Future

175

Breaking In

176

Ministry in the Body of Christ: The Ministry of Helpfulness

177

Ministry in the Body of Christ: The Ministry of Proclaiming

178

Ministry in the Body of Christ: The Ministry of Helpfulness

179

The Ministry of Holding One's Tongue

180

Our Safe Harbor

181

The Ministry of Hemorrhaging

182

New Patterns for this World

183

Disrupting Grace

184

Expectant in the Desert

185

Hospitality and the Stranger

186

Freeing Presbyterians From Our Fear Of Pentecost

187

Promises

188

And in the End

189

With Full Voice

190

Tears and Hunger

191

Jesus and Spit

192

Why Do We Work?

193

Is That the End of the Story?

194

Jesus and the Temple

195

God Is Dead...

196

The Trial(s)

197

Jesus' Last Hours: The Garden

198

Jesus' Last Hours: The Meal

199

Recognizing Jesus

200

Discipleship

201

Born Again? Walking in Daddy's Shoes

202

A Suffering Messiah

203

Faith From The Margins

204

The Duh-sciples

205

Goodnight Cruel World, I'll See You in the Morning

206

Middle School Jesus

207

All Generations Will Call Me Blessed

208

What Then Shall We Do?

209

His Name Is John

210

Footnotes in Our Stories

211

But You Do See!

212

Go Home

213

What Will It Take?

214

Ohana Means Family

215

What is the Big Deal About Eating?

216

Letting Your Heart Speak

217

Why Am I Here?

218

The Church of Migrants: I wonder what God thinks of our current crisis?

219

A New Sheriff's In Town

220

Finding Jesus in Mark: Time's Up

221

The Kingdom of God Has Come Near to You: Mission Trip Testimonies

222

Faithful Living in Dissonant Times

223

The Living Temple

224

Praying Jesus' Way: Set the World Right

225

Daily Bread

226

Praying Jesus' Way: Becoming a People of Forgiven Forgivers

227

Praying Jesus' Way: As Above, So Below

228

Praying Jesus' Way: Set the World Right

229

Praying Jesus' Way: Reveal Who You Are

230

Did That Just Happen?

231

Ministry in the Interruptions

232

Getting What You Want

233

The Upside Down Kingdom

234

Praying Jesus' Way

235

Trusting Into Jesus

236

God is Odd

237

The Kingdom of God Has Come Near To You

238

Enticing Our Imagination

239

Fear Not: You're Not Equipped for the Struggle

240

Mutual Submission: Work Relationships

241

Mutual Submission: Parents and Children

242

Reconciliation Real Time

243

Terror and Amazement Seized Them

244

Palm Sunday Irony

245

Believing in the Crucified Messiah

246

Whoever

247

Where Heaven and Earth Meet

248

Deep Life

249

Jesus' Calling and Yours

250

Talking the Walk

251

Speaking the Truth in Love

252

Abundantly More Than We Can Ask or Imagine

253

Growing into a Holy Temple

254

Grace, Faith, Works

255

Unity in Christ

256

Heartburn

257

A Light For Revelation

258

He Who Must Not Be Named

259

Too Good Not To Be True

260

Living A "With God" Life

261

Come, Lord

262

Thanksgiving Homily

263

Power: Who Has It and Who Doesn't

264

Puzzle Peace: Becoming One In Christ

265

The New We

266

Wrestling with Reconciliation

267

Wrestling with Reconciliation

268

Called to a New Economy

269

Entrusted with a Story

270

Entrusted with a Resource

271

God in the Mess

272

Defined at the Center

273

We Come to Worship

274

Songs of the Heart: Praise

275

Songs of the Heart: Hope

276

Songs of the Heart: Courage

277

Songs of the Heart: A Cry for Justice

278

Songs of the Heart: Hate

279

Songs of the Heart: Prayer Partner

280

Songs of the Heart, Cry of the Heart

281

Praying the Psalms: Better Than Life

282

Oil for Your Lamp

283

Enter into the Joy of Your Master

284

The Capacity to Receive

285

Who Is My Neighbor?

286

Do Not Lose Heart

287

Spirit Poured Out, Prophets Unleashed

288

Weeds and Wheat

289

The Problem of Grace

290

On Earth As It Is In Heaven

291

Alive Together with Christ

292

The Epilogue

293

Fights Unsought, Forgiveness Forgone

294

My God and Your God

295

For This Purpose

296

Resurrection Happens

297

Well Met

298

Jesus Meets the Professional

299

Lamb of God

300

God Intended It For Good

301

Saying Good-bye

302

Savior or Victimizer

303

Courage for the Journey

304

God Sent Me

305

The Long Road to Reconciliation

306

When the Past Won't Go Quietly

307

A Life Worthy of Your Calling

308

Help!

309

Free From Fear

310

The Thin Place

311

A Story With Room In It

312

Are You The One?

313

The Peace-Full Kingdom

314

A View from the End

315

Never Ending Love

316

He Ran Out

317

Going Down to Egypt

318

Message and Testimonies

319

God's Invitation to Grow as a Listener

320

The Talk of Heaven

321

Mystery and Mission

322

Heart Talk

323

Worshiping Together

324

The Kingdom of God

325

One Another

326

Not Neglecting to Meet Together

327

Wherever You Go

328

When Taking the Stand

329

Finishes, Finalities and Farewells

330

Using Jesus vs. Knowing Jesus

331

The Gospel in a Curious Society

332

Waking Up to God's Mission

333

They Met Together

334

Divine Impartiality

335

Conversion

336

Power

337

The Mission of the Church: That'll preach

338

Messy Grace

339

No Other Name

340

More Than We Ask For

341

Together

342

What Should We Do?

343

What Does This Mean?

344

In-Between

345

Witness

346

Recite Them To Your Children

347

Sheepishly

348

Meeting Jesus on the Road

349

The Ragman by Walter Wangerin Jr

350

They Did Not Believe Them

351

When Stones Would Shout

352

The Extravagant Worship

353

The Waiting Parent

354

When Bad Things Happen: Verdict or Opportunity

355

Today, Tomorrow and the Next

356

Can I Trust His Voice?

357

The Church: Seeking the Welfare of the City

358

The Church: Stewards of a Story

359

The Church: Sending and Sent

360

The Church: Defined by Christ

361

Great Expectations

362

Herod and the Astrologers

363

Transition

364

A Meditation

365

Promises Made, Promises Kept

366

Un-anxiously Awaiting

367

Love's Crooked Path

368

Beginning with the End

369

A King from Another Realm

370

Double Vision

371

East of Eden

372

Limitations and Possibilities

373

Showing Abundantly

374

The Best Laid Plans

375

Journeys in Getting and Giving

376

Practicing Grace with Each Other

377

Perpetrators' Guide to Reconciliation

378

Not Just A Good Idea

379

Determining Your IQ

380

Laboring in Vain?

381

Giving Witness

382

There's No Place Like Home

383

For Crying Out Loud

384

Traveler's Advisory

385

Going Fishing

386

Called to Belong

387

In It Together

388

Almost Christian

389

On Eagles' Wings

390

Wilderness School: Sabbath

391

Wilderness School: Manna for All

392

God Our Deliverer

393

Going Empty-Handed

394

You Shall Be My Witnesses

395

When All Else Fails - Or, The Courage to Forgive

396

Remain in Me. Love One Another.

397

Living the Resurrection Life

398

Courage to Confront

399

Sounds Like A Plan!

400

To Be Continued...

401

Journey of Faith

402

God Save Us! But How?

403

Cleaning Up for the Party

404

The Other Prodigal Son

405

The Prodigal Father

406

Lost and Found

407

Come to the Party!

408

Listen to Him

409

Joyful Surrender

410

Seed-Sized by Design

411

Parables of the Kingdom: It's Not So Cut and Dried

412

Parables of the Kingdom: The Real Dirt

413

Open to Interpretation

414

Why Was Jesus Baptized?

415

New Hope in Old Places

416

Christmas Gifts

417

Singing in the Reign: The Angel's Song

418

Singing in the Reign: Zechariah's Song

419

Singing in the Reign: Mary's Song

420

Signing in the Reign: The Sounds of Silence

421

The Once and Future King

422

Living on the Edge

423

The Case of the Sanctuary...and a Seismic Event!

424

The Sermon on the Amount

425

First Fruits

426

Fit to be Tithed?

427

Surprised by Joy

428

The Faithful and Wise Servant

429

First Things First

430

Breaking and Entering

431

Another Perspective

432

Ending with the Introduction

433

Seismically Sound

434

Through Thick and Thin

435

Cries in Crisis

436

Live by the Spirit

437

Another Advocate

438

Christian Love

439

We'll ALL Charismatic

440

Praying with the Spirit

441

Revive Us Again!

442

The Divine Dance

443

Making Waves

444

Wait Training

445

Loved People Love People

446

Catch the Vision

447

No Fear...No Gear

448

The Benefit of the Doubt

449

Why are you weeping?

450

Tell It ... Again!

451

For God So Loved The City

452

The Gospel of Reconciliation: Fact, Fiction or False-advertising

453

The Neighbor Question

454

Mister Rogers' Regret

455

Peace in the City

456

Pulling Back the Curtain

457

Unity, Diversity and Maturity

458

What a Difference a Comma Makes

459

The Interactive Life with God

460

Now What?

461

What Happened When They Cut Open The Roof

462

I Love to Tell the Story

463

Don't Freak

464

The Inappropriate Baptism

465

The Witness of Simeon

466

A Resolution for the New Year

467

For Unto Us a Child is Born: The Glad News of Justice

468

For Unto Us A Child is Born: And He Will Be Called Prince of Peace

469

For Unto Us A Child is Born: His Government Shall Grow Continually

470

For Unto Us A Child Is Born: His Name is Everlasting Father

471

The Wonder of...Time, Creation, Stewardship

472

Through the Storm...From Fear to Faith

473

Backward Christians: Martin Luther and the Apostle Paul

474

The Power of Story

475

Walking with Jesus through Grief to Glory

476

Life on Life

477

Power-Full

478

On the Hill

479

Growing Churches

480

No Small Dissension

481

The Road Less Traveled

482

Doors

483

To the Ends of the Earth

484

Called Through the Community

485

A Growing Church

486

The Most High God and Our Wilderness Wanderings

487

The Gates of Hell Will Not Prevail Against It

488

Beautiful

489

First Things First

490

Holy Moments

491

Fully Alive

492

Celebration

493

Attentive

494

Whoa

495

Stuck to Unstuck

496

Adventure! (Pentecost)

497

Law & Wall

498

It Matters

499

An Issue of Identity

500

Foundations

501

Building Projects 101

502

Out of Step

503

A Time to Laugh

504

The Way of Jesus: On the Road

505

The Way of Jesus: Crucified with Criminals

506

The Way of Jesus: Crucifixion

507

The Way of Jesus: Turning Towards

508

The Way of Jesus: Mocked

509

The Way of Jesus: Denied

510

The Way of Jesus: The Gardens

511

A Tough Word

512

Therefore

513

Taming the Wild Beast

514

FaithWorks

515

Cleaning Up and Caring

516

Live It

517

Opportunity

518

God Has Spoken

519

The Voice of the Shepherds

520

The Voices of Gabriel and Mary

521

The Voice in the Wilderness

522

The Voice of the Prophet

523

Community

524

The Great Reversal

525

Who Knows?

526

Jesus and the Cost of Discipleship

527

Sabbath Reprise

528

Call the Sabbath a Delight

529

An Overdue Conversation

530

There, Here and NOW

531

There, HERE and Now

532

THERE, Here and Now

533

Sharing God's Presence in the World: Missions Trips

534

Last Words

535

Called Together

536

Making Room

537

The Freedom of Restraint

538

Do the Right Thing...Now!

539

The Great Therefore

540

The Bigness of God

541

The Danger of Being Too Religious

542

Purpose and Passion

543

The Ministry of the Spirit

544

Beyond Legality

545

A Question of Identity

546

Poured Out

547

What Would It Look Like If...

548

Standing in the Gap

549

Keeping Up Appearances

550

Us and Them...and We

551

Proper Confidence

552

Now What?

553

A Sigh and A Hallelujah

554

And Yet...

555

All Things, Everywhere, All the Time

556

A Traveling Song

557

Refuge

558

Three Selahs and a Longing

559

Needy Prayer

560

When God's People Praise

561

What Should We Fear?

562

Complaints, Enemies and Real Prayers

563

Ever-Present Help in Trouble

564

Howling

565

Bigger Than Me

566

Delight

567

To and Fro

568

Specifically Christian

569

Called Out of Darkness

570

Waking Up

571

Sitting in the Dark

572

Thankful to Give Thanks - A Way of Life

573

Acknowledging the Source

574

Trust Issues

575

Jesus First

576

Truly

577

Mockery and Identity

578

Who to Blame?

579

A Tale of Two Trials

580

Tim Dearborn

581

Good Lord

582

Sharing the Journey

583

Active Waiting

584

Two Paths

585

All

586

A Word on (After) Death and Taxes

587

To Miss or Not To Miss

588

Authority and Confrontation

589

The Extreme Gospels

590

For All The Nations

591

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem

592

Bystanders and Followers

593

Not So With You

594

Less Is More

595

Let's Back Up

596

Upsetting Expectations

597

Lessons from a Father

598

Expecting God

599

Who, How, What?

600

Questions

601

The Many Faces of Faith

602

Majoring in the Minors

603

A Jesus Story

604

In Training

605

No Easy Answer

606

Stumbling Blocks and Mission Trips

607

The Restoration of Two Daughters

608

Wanted: Alive, Not Dead

609

All We Have to Fear is...Nothing!

610

Palm Branches and Mustard Seeds

611

Evaluating the Sermon

612

The Cast of...Twelve

613

When Bad Behavior is Good (and vice versa)

614

The Unfolding Story

615

The Beginning of Trouble

616

Praying in the Dark

617

A Different Kind of Authority

618

Follow Me

619

Out of the Water, Into the Fire

620

Seeing in a New Light

621

Tabernacled

622

Movin'-In Day

623

I Believe

624

Testify

625

What Are You Longing For?

626

Calling Home

627

Loaves and Fish

628

Strange Love

629

Wide Awake

630

What Are We Doing?

631

Intentional Inefficiency

632

An Offer of Help

633

A Written Invitation Home

634

Prayer: The Language of Longing

635

Asking the Right Question

636

What We're Looking For

637

How Should the Redeemed Live?

638

Homily on Baptism and Testimonies

639

Whose Story Is It?

640

A Mixed Bag

641

Can We Trust God Now?

642

Do Not Be Distressed

643

Treasure in Your Sacks

644

God at Work

645

Down in the Dumps

646

Dreams, Confusion and a Future

647

The Face of God

648

Superstar Wrestling

649

Days of Our Lives

650

Comings and Goings

651

Bless Me, Me Also!

652

Ordinary Faith

653

What If...?

654

Absurd Faith

655

Surprise

656

Abandoned

657

Covenant

658

Go, So...and Oh No!

659

On the Road to Emmaus

660

All Things New

661

Palms

662

The Last Word on Salvation: Life

663

The Last Word on Judgment: Repent

664

The Last Word on Politics: Kingdom and Power

665

The Last Word on Witness: Speak the Word

666

A Grace Received

667

The Last Word on Prayer: God Listens

668

The Last Word on Evil: Not Forever

669

The Last Word on Worship: Worthy!

670

The Last Word on the Church: Messy

671

The Last Word on Christ: Christ the Center

672

First Things About Last Things

673

Disconnect

674

The Probability of Impossibility

675

Home and Homelessness

676

A Pregnant Season

677

The Certainty of Doubt

678

Monarchs, Messes and Mystery

679

Thanks in the Midst

680

Costly Faith

681

Risky Business

682

Build and Plant

683

Defeat With A Purpose

684

Living in Exile

685

Fire and Water

686

The Crossroads Strategy

687

Return and Response Ability

688

Conversion of the Imagination

689

Pluck, Pull, Build, Plant

690

The Mission

691

New Archaeology

692

Keep in Step!

693

What Has Gotten Into You?

694

Bewitched!

695

No Other Gospel

696

Stepping Into The Gap

697

To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My Soul

698

Community of Hope

699

Community of Brokenness

700

Community of Outreach