All Episodes

5.31.26 - What We Need

5.24.26 - Some Things are Worth Repeating

5.17.26 - Ordinary People and an Extraordinary Message

5.10.26 - Spiritual Hunger

5.3.26 - Dwelling in God's Home

4.26.26 - Searching for a Life of Abundance

4.19.26 - Finding Strangers, Finding God

4.12.26 - The Way of Peace

4.5.26 - Come & See, Go & Tell

4.2.26 - And They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love

3.22.26 - Keanu Reeves and a Hope that Grieves

3.15.26 - Who sinned?

3.8.26 - It's a love story!

3.1.26 - Life's Worst Moments and the Scandal of Grace

2.22.26 - Saying "No"…to Say "Yes"

2.18.26 - Building our Days for a Life with God (Ash Wednesday)

2.15.26 - The Potential of Mountaintops

2.8.26 - 'Reconciling in Christ' Sunday

2.1.26 - #blessed

1.25.26 - God's Invitation to the Kingdom of Heaven

1.18.26 - You Get What You Need - A Sermon about Following Jesus

1.11.26 - The Way of Gentleness

1.4.26 - "In the beginning" - A sermon in rhyme

12.24.25 - The Holy Family

12.21.25 - To Dream of What is Possible

12.14.25 - Are we there yet?

12.7.25 - To My Dear Brood of Vipers

11.30.25 - What are we preparing for?

11.23.25 - A Different Kind of Kingdom, A Different Kind of King

11.16.25 - God Brings us out of the Rubble

11.9.25 - "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done"

11.2.2025 - Blessed and Blessing

10.26.25 - Formed and Reformed by God's Spirit of Love

10.19.25 - Wrestling and Refusing to Let Go

10.12.25 - Planting Seeds of Hope (Generosity Sunday)

10.5.25 - More than Enough

9.28.25 - Give Me Your Eyes

9.14.25 - Every ONE counts

9.7.25 - Being Formed by Love

8.31.25 - The True Treasures of the Church

8.24.25 - Rules Are Meant to be Broken

8.17.25 - The Peace Jesus Brings

8.10.25 - Let's get caught dancing

8.3.25 - Bigger barns or a bigger table?

7.27.25 - At Home with God in Prayer

7.20.25 - Focused on Christ

7.13.25 - Our Samaritans

7.6.25 - The Joy of Following Jesus

6.22.25 - The Best Rule I've Ever Heard

6.15.25 - Bad Church Sayings

6.8.25 - The Holy Spirit Moves in Us

6.1.25 - Empathy, Apathy, and Getting Annoyed

5.25.25 - God Makes a Home In Us

5.18.25 - The Plan: Love One Another

5.11.25 - Following Jesus like Tabitha

5.4.25 - May the Fourth

4.27.25 - Moving Beyond Fear

4.20.25 - Desperate Hope

4.17.25 - Jesus loves us while our feet are still dirty

4.13.25 - The Passion According to the Gospel of Luke

4.6.25 - Worship transforms us … and the world

3.30.25 - Confessions of An Elder Brother

3.23.25 - God is a Patient Gardener

3.16.25 - God the Mother Hen

3.9.25 - Choosing our mirrors wisely

3.5.25 - When No One's Watching

3.2.25 - Sharing our God Moments

2.23.25 - Loving to Hate

2.16.25 - A level place is Holy Ground

2.9.25 - Just Keep Casting!

2.2.25 - Two Truths about God's Love

1.26.25 - Christ Has No Body But Yours

1.19.25 - God's Heavenly Kingdom is a Party!

1.12.25 - Can't You Talk About Something Else?

1.5.25 - Imagine You are One of the Magi

12.24.24 - God became small and new for us!

12.22.24 - Something New Is Being Born

12.15.24 - An Invitation to Live with Gentleness

12.8.24 - Episode III - The Return of the Prophet

12.1.24 - Fig tree leaves and other baby-signs

11.24.24 - It's Good to Be the King's

11.17.24 - We Can Do This Together

11.10.24 - God Lifts Up the Lowly. So Do We Too.

11.3.24 - The Tears and Empathy of Jesus

10.27.24 - The Church that God is calling us to be

10.20.24 - A Kaleidiscope of Hope

10.13.24 - Love Gives

9.29.24 - A Wild Spirit

9.15.24 - Losing Our Lives

9.8.24 - Weaving Love that Will Not End

9.1.24 - The Way We've Always Done It

8.25.24 - Covered by Grace and Fed for the Journey

8.18.24 - Everyone has a seat and all are fed

8.4.24 - Subway Bread

7.28.24 - All the Fullness of God

7.21.24 - Loaves and Fishes and Us

7.14.24 - What's Easy and What's Right

7.7.24 - Practice Being the Stranger

6.30.24 - Paying Attention to those we Meet on the Way

6.23.24 - Crossing to the Other Side

6.16.24 - Tenacious Seeds of God's Kingdom

6.9.24 - Chosen Family and Being Loved

6.2.24 - Rest For All of Creation

5.26.24 - Living With Mystery

5.19.24 - Hearing God's Invitation for You

5.12.24 - Our Reverent Best Guess

5.5.24 - Our Call to Friendship

4.28.24 - The Road to Gaza

4.21.24 - Good Shepherds and Our Problems

4.14.24 - We are Stewards of the Gospel

4.7.24 - Being People of Faith and Doubt

3.31.24 - All the feelings this Easter!

3.28.24 - Loving Judas

3.17.24 - Knowing the Lyrics of God's Love by Heart

3.10.24 - When We Lose Our Way, God Finds a Way

3.3.24 - Anger, Outrage, and the Jesus We Want

2.25.24 - What Does it Mean to Pick Up our Cross?

2.18.24 - The Wilderness

2.14.24 - Home Depot Aprons & Ash Crosses

2.11.24 - Dazzling Jesus and Sharing our Experiences of God

2.4.24 - Slowing Down

1.28.24 - Something More Important than Being Right

1.21.24 - Holy Work (Good Can Work With What You Have)

1.14.24 - Can Anything Good Come Out of Naugatuck?

1.7.24 - Like the Star, Share the Light & Point the Way to Jesus!

12.24.23 - When You Have Something Good, You Hold Onto It

12.17.23 - Mary, Did You Know?

12.10.23 - Like John, We Point to Jesus

12.3.23 - Singing a Better Song

11.26.23 - Alive, Awake, Alert, Enthusiastic

11.19.23 - Learning to See Jesus

11.12.23 - Jesus Is Late (Keeping Our Candles Lit)

11.5.23 - Hope, Even When God is Silent

10.29.23 - Continue in God's Word

10.22.23 - King of Prussia, a Big Cell Phone Bill, and Growing Deeper

10.15.23 - Accepting God's Invitation

10.8.23 - Pressing On

10.1.23 - Our Shared Song

9.24.23 - Guest Preacher Pastor John Nieman

9.17.23 - One Bajillion Forgive-o-Bucks

9.10.23 - Growing Deeper in Faith

9.3.23 - Great (?) Expectations

8.27.23 - Transformation or Conformation?

8.20.23 - Crumbs of Grace

8.13.23 - God Won't Let You Sink (Failing Boldly)

8.6.23 - Everyone is hungry. Everyone is fed.

7.30.23 - Joy and Holy Mischief

7.23.23 - Treat Everyone like Wheat

7.16.23 - Just Keep Sowing

7.9.23 - With Jesus We Never Lift Alone

7.2.23 - The Courage to Welcome

6.25.23 - Big Thunder Mountain & Following Jesus

6.18.23 - The Directory of Disciples Includes You

6.11.23 - Draw the Circle Wide

6.4.23 - Invited into Divine Community

5.28.23 - The Holy Spirit on Pentecost and Everyday

5.21.23 - Woven Together in God's Love

5.14.23 - A Sermon about Love (And Gilmore Girls)

5.7.23 - Home is wherever I'm with you

4.30.23 - We are Sheeple

4.23.23 - In the breaking of the bread

4.16.23 - Living With Scars

4.9.23 - Living at the Corner of Fear and Great Joy (Easter Sunday)

4.6.23 - Washing Tiny Toes and Learning to Love One Another (Maundy Thursday)

4.2.23 - Hosanna! Save Us! Salvation is Here! (Palm Sunday)

3.26.23 - Where We See Death, God Sees New Life

3.19.23 - The Just World Fallacy, and Getting Past the Question of "Why?"

3.12.23 - There is Enough Water for All

3.5.23 - Pastor Josh Found Another Ancient Manuscript! (secret disciples)

2.26.23 - Everyday Temptations (and God Who Clothes Us in Grace)

2.22.23 - Pointing Fingers, and Why I Think of Lent as "Log Time" (Ash Wednesday)

2.19.23 - Building Altars in Low Places

2.12.23 - The Heart of the Law

2.5.23 - May God Keep Us Salty

1.29.23 - Holy Fools

1.22.23- We Are Gathering People

1.15.23 - "Come and See"

1.8.23 - You Are Claimed and Called (Warning: This Sermon Rhymes!)

1.1.23 - The Empire Strikes Back (Episode V)

12.24.22 - There Is Something Powerful About a Baby!

12.18.22 - "God Is With You"

12.11.22 - Doubt Is A Part of Faith

12.4.22 - Pain, Honesty, and the Path to Healing

11.27.22 - Look for God and Be Surprised!

11.23.22 - Leaving Our Nets (Thanksgiving Eve w/guest preacher Katherine Lindberg)

11.20.22 - Comedy, Tragedy, or Good News?

11.13.22 - When It Feels Like the End of the World

11.6.22 - Ordinary, Everyday Saints (All Saints)

10.30.22 - The Story of God Is In the Present (Reformation/Confirmation)

10.23.22- You Are the Best Gift Ever!

10.16.22 - Our Lives Are A Prayer

10.9.22 - The Unexpected God

10.2.22 - Faith and Guilt

9.25.22 - Jesus Bridges Every Chasm

9.18.22 - What Kind of Managers Are We?

9.11.22 - Better Together (Kick-Off Sunday)

9.4.22 - The Cost of Discipleship

8.28.22 - The Story in the Comma

8.21.22 - God Sees You (a first-person account of that day)

8.14.22 - Warning: Jesus (and church) Will Make You Uncomfortable

8.7.22 - What Promises Can Do, and What Commandments Can't

7.31.22 - The Satisfaction of Enough

7.24.22 - Praying Simply and Simply Praying (The Lord's Prayer)

7.17.22 - Stopping Long Enough to Listen

7.10.22 - Fixing the Road (Parable of the Good Samaritan)

7.3.22 - God's Gift of Diversity

6.26.22 - "No Airbags. We'll Die Like Real Men." (A Sermon about Freedom)

6.19.22 - Camp Olympics, Juneteenth, and Being Free

6.12.22 - Good Church Sayings

6.5.22 - The Gift of Understanding

5.29.22 - Being Naive and Hopeful People

5.22.22 - We Carry God With Us

5.15.22 - We Are Shaken, But Not Forsaken

5.8.22 - God Is In The Pool (Good Shepherd Sunday)

5.1.22 - The Story of God: To Be Continued...

4.24.22 - Your Worst Moments Don't Define You (or Thomas!)

4.17.22 - "Is Jesus Real or Pretend?" (Easter!)

4.14.22 - We've Been Through Some Stuff. Together. (Maundy Thursday)

4.10.22 - But What if the Palms Don't Arrive?

4.3.22 - A Sermon about God's Foolishness

3.27.22 - Our Prodigal God

3.20.22 - It's Easy to Tear Down. God Calls Us to More.

3.13.22 - The Fox and the Hen

3.6.22 - Saying "No" to Say "Yes"

3.2.22 - Ashes, Ashes, We All Are Loved (Ash Wednesday)

2.27.22 - Transfiguration - Not Just a Class for Wizards

2.20.22 - Loving the People Who Are The Hardest to Love

2.13.22 - Heavenly Minded and Earthly Good (borrowed from Johnny Cash)

2.6.22 - Following Jesus Into Deeper Water

1.30.22 - The Stories We Tell

1.23.22 - Jesus' Mission Statement We Keep Coming Back To

1.16.22 - Pastor Josh Found an Ancient Manuscript! (ordinary gifts)

1.9.22 - A Sermon in Rhyme: Baptism of our Lord Sunday

1.2.22 - It Doesn't Matter What Draws People. What Matter Is That We're Drawn.

12.26.21 - Superfans of the Gospel

12.24.21 - Babies Get All Over You! (Christmas Eve)

12.19.21 - A Song Worth Singing

12.12.21 - An Invitation to Live Differently

12.5.21 - Listening for Crooked Things

11.28.21 - Waiting While Doing God's Work

11.21.21 - Jesus Is King and We Are Not (or "The Church's Anti-Fascism Day")

11.14.21 - Is It the End of the World, Or Is It Birth Pains?

11.7.21 - God Weeps With Us

10.31.21 - You Could Be a Reformer

10.24.21 - Viral Generosity

10.17.21 - Phone Calls, Drum Majors, and Serving Others (a Pastor's Confession)

10.10.21 - This is About Money and Also Not Really about Money At All

10.3.21 - Life Is Better Together

9.26.21 - Being Salty People

9.19.21 - The Upside-Down Kin-dom of God

9.12.21 - When Our Name Tags Say "Jesus Follower"

9.5.21 - God's Care (for all), We Share (our call) - A Sermon in Rhyme

8.29.21 - Pastors Are Not Dishwashers! (Pastor Sarah Installation)

8.29.21 - The Gift of God's Law

8.22.21 - Lord, to Whom Shall We Go?

8.15.21 - Becoming the Body of Christ

8.8.21 - What Kind of Bread is Jesus?

8.1.21 - We Are Hungry People

7.25.21 - Food, Security, and Love

7.18.21 - Finding Your People

7.11.21 - Like John the Baptizer, Let's Point to Jesus

6.27.21 - Holy Interruptions (Part II)

6.20.21 - This Is All New, But Jesus Is In the Boat

6.13.21 - The Parable of the Dandelion

6.6.21 - What Reality Are You Living In?!

5.30.21 - The Holy, Magnificent, Unexplainable Trinity

5.23.21 - Following Jesus is Playing With Fire

5.16.21 - The Danger of a Single Story

5.9.21 - Joy in Strange Places

5.2.21 - You Are Loved. You Belong.

4.25.21 - Being Weeds and Being Wheat and Being Both

4.18.21 - What Have You Witnessed?

4.11.21 - Being Community in New Ways

4.4.21 - Tom Petty and Waiting in Hope (Easter Sunday)

4.1.21 - Known By Our Love (Maundy Thursday)

3.28.21 - Save Us! (a Palm Sunday sermon about parades)

3.21.21 - The Parable of the Very Hungry Caterpillar

3.14.21 - John 3:16 and Hiding Under the Covers

3.7.21 - There's No Grace in the Marketplace

2.28.21 - The Life-Giving Cross

2.21.21 - Angels in the Wilderness

2.17.21 - Ash Wednesday - Marked With the Cross

2.14.21 - Listening to Jesus (*side effects may include...)

2.7.21 - A Gathering Place

1.31.21 - Freedom Means Something Different to God

1.24.21 - God Loves the People We Hate

1.17.21 - Following God's Call

1.10.21 - God Is On the Loose

1.3.21 - New Year, New You?

12.24.20 - We Don't Need to Save Christmas! Christmas Saves Us.

12.20.20 - How Can This Be? A Sermon about Mary, Faith, and 2020

12.13.20 - Witnessing to the Light

12.6.20 - The Good News According To (Fill in the Blank)

11.29.20 - Stay Awake

11.22.20 - Seeing Past the Masks

11.15.20 - Too Good Not to Share, Too Good to Bury

11.8.20 - Keeping Our Candles Lit (A Sermon after Election Week)

11.1.20 - Beatitudes for All Saints

10.18.20 - It's Complicated: God, Government, and Playdoh

10.11.20 - God Builds Bridges (Even When We Build Walls)

10.4.20 - Graceless Leadership and a Gracious God

9.27.20 - What Changes Your Mind?

9.20.20 - There's No VIP Section in God's Kingdom

9.13.20 - Being Forgiven, and Other Ridiculous Answers

9.6.20 - Cancel Culture and Fixing Broken Things

8.30.20 - Overcome Evil With Good (Pastor Dan's Last Sermon)

8.23.20 - Conform/Transform

8.9.20 - The Runner (a Sermon about Feet)

8.2.20 - God Has Moved Into the Neighborhood

7.19.20 - We're Not Very Good at Telling Good from Evil

7.12.20 - Seeds, Soils, and As Good as Done

7.5.20 - Sinners & Saints

6.28.20 - Welcoming and Being Welcomed

6.14.20 - Casting out Demons

6.7.20 - We Must Confront Racism as People of Faith

5.31.20 - Learning to Listen; Learning to Talk

5.24.20 - Lament Part 4: Remembering

5.17.20 - Lament Part 3: Asking

5.10.20 - Lament Part 2: Wrestling

5.3.20 - Lament Part 1: Protesting

4.26.20 - Travelers On Troubled Roads

4.19.20 - Faith and Doubt

4.12.20 - An Extraordinary Easter

4.5.20 - What's Your Donkey?

3.29.20 - Resurrection and Life

3.15.20 - Distant, But Not Disconnected

3.8.20 - Start Over

3.1.20 - Road Rage, Temptation, and Doing Things that Matter

2.23.20 - Eyewitnesses of His Majesty

2.9.20 - Salt of the Earth

2.2.20 - hashtag blessed

1.26.20 - Netflix (and Jesus) Says It's Good to Change Your Mind

1.19.20 - Your Calling

1.12.20 - God Chose You! (A Very Lutheran Sermon about Baptism)