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1

If You Love Me, Feed My Sheep. 4.19.26.

2

Doubt. 4.12.26.

3

Easter Sunday. 4.5.26.

4

Palm Sunday. 3.29.26.

5

The End of Violence (John 19). 3.22.26.

6

Truth and Power (John 18). 3.15.26.

7

I Am (Not). 3.8.26.

8

Resurrection Among Us. 2.22.26.

9

John 9. 2.15.26.

10

Living Water (John 4). 2.8.26.

11

Michah 6. 2.1.26.

12

The Light Suffers the Darkness. 1.25.26.

13

Honoring MLK, Jr. 1.18.25.

14

The Miracle Begins with What's Empty. 1.11.26.

15

Epiphany. 1.4.26.

16

December 28, 2025.

17

Advent 4: Earth. 12.21.25.

18

Advent 3: Water. 12.14.25.

19

Advent 2: Air. 12.7.25.

20

Advent 1: Fire. 11.30.25.

21

A Plan. 11.23.25.

22

Prophets. 11.16.25.

23

Do You See the Children? 11.9.25.

24

Birth and Death: All Saints Day. 11.2.25.

25

NDPC's 70th Anniversary! 10.26.25.

26

What Is a Leader? 10.19.25.

27

Hineni. 10.12.25.

28

Guest Preacher Rev. Sarah Lane. 10.5.25.

29

Abraham and Isaac. 9.28.25.

30

Hagar. 9.21.25.

31

Faith. 9.14.25.

32

Beginnings. 9.7.25.

33

Healing. 8.31.25.

34

Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse (4 of 4). 8.24.25.

35

Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse (3 of 4). 8.17.25.

36

Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse (2 of 4). 8.10.25.

37

Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse (1 of 4). 8.3.25.

38

Prayer for People Who Have Trouble Praying (4 of 4). 7.27.25.

39

Prayer for People Who Have Trouble Praying (3 of 4). 7.20.25.

40

Divine Justice. 7.13.25.

41

Brunch Church. 7.6.25.

42

Prayer for People Who Have Trouble Praying (2 of 4). 6.29.25.

43

Prayer for People Who Have Trouble Praying (1 of 4). 6.22.25.

44

Explosions of Joy. 6.15.25.

45

Pentecost Sunday. 6.8.25.

46

Time. 5.25.25.

47

Fools. 5.18.25.

48

The Same Mind. 5.11.25.

49

Youth Sunday. 5.4.25.

50

Refugia Faith. 4.27.25.

51

Christ is Risen Indeed! 4.20.25.

52

Palm Sunday Meditations. 4.13.25.

53

Zacchaeus. 4.6.25.

54

A Chasm. 3.30.25.

55

The Good Shepherd. 3.23.25.

56

Bearing Witness: Guest Preacher Dr. Lamma Mansour. 3.16.25.

57

What is a Body for? Mercy. 3.9.25.

58

Transfiguration. 3.2.25.

59

Forgiveness. 2.23.25.

60

What Makes Us Follow? 2.16.25.

61

What Are These Gifts? 2.9.25.

62

What Laws Does God Make (and Break)? 2.2.25.

63

Caught Alive. 1.26.25.

64

Letter from a Birmingham Jail. 1.19.25.

65

Baptism of the Lord. 1.12.25.

66

Poetry Readings. 1.5.25.

67

Luke: The Musical. 12.29.24.

68

Mary and Gabriel. 12.22.24.

69

What Will God Do With This? 12.8.24.

70

The Hopes and Fears of All the Years. 12.1.24.

71

Will We Listen? 11.24.24.

72

The Call of Isaiah. 11.17.24.

73

Come Back to the Basics. 11.10.24.

74

Celebrating Saints. 11.3.24.

75

Home Is a Community. 10.27.24.

76

The House that Endures Forever. 10.20.24.

77

Hannah's Prayer. 10.13.24.

78

Ephesians 2. 10.6.24.

79

The Power of Ritual. 9.29.24.

80

The Story of Joseph. 9.22.24.

81

Seeing Stars. 9.15.24.

82

What Happened in the Garden? 9.8.24.

83

Love Beyond Duality: Embracing the Sacred Balance. 9.1.24.

84

What Do We Mean by Heaven and Hell? 8.25.24.

85

What Do We Mean by Sin and Salvation? 8.18.24.

86

What Are We Doing When We Baptize? 8.11.24.

87

What Do We Mean When We Share Communion? 8.4.24.

88

Let Your Light Shine. 7.28.24.

89

The Coming Election. 7.21.24.

90

What Do We Mean When We Say Jesus? 7.14.24.

91

Designing My Own Religion. 7.7.24.

92

Bridge Over Deep Water. 6.30.24.

93

Re-Wilding. 10.15.23.

94

Making Room in the Boat. 10.8.23.

95

Creation Makes Room for Us. 10.1.23.

96

Keeping Promises. 9.24.23.

97

A (Shared) Promised Land. 9.17.23.

98

Making Room. 9.10.23.

99

God Lives in the Congregation. 8.27.23.

100

Building a Temple for God. 8.20.23.

101

God Lives in a Tent. 8.13.23.

102

God Is from the Wilderness. 8.6.23.

103

Essential Wisdom. 7.30.23.

104

Responding to God's Gifts. 7.23.23.

105

Hope. 7.16.23.

106

You Find Rest For Your Soul. 7.9.23.

107

Terrifying and Joyous News. 7.2.23.

108

Sabbath. 6.25.23.

109

Making Disciples. 6.18.23.

110

The End of History. 6.11.23.

111

Mending. 6.4.23.

112

Pentecost. 5.28.23.

113

Dogs. 5.21.23.

114

Get Up and Eat. 5.14.23.

115

Deeds of Power. 5.7.23.

116

Youth Sunday. 4.30.23.

117

What Did He Say? 4.23.23.

118

We Have Only One Planet. 4.16.23.

119

Easter Sunday. 4.9.23.

120

Hosanna! Palm Sunday. 4.2.23.

121

You Matter. 3.26.23.

122

Judge Not. 3.19.23.

123

God and Wealth. 3.12.23.

124

Love Your Enemies. 3.5.23.

125

Blessed. 2.26.23.

126

Fish Paste. 2.19.23.

127

Choose Life. 2.12.23.

128

The Devil Would Like a Word with You. 2.5.23.

129

A Walk (not a War) Story. 1.29.23.

130

Welcome to Matthew. 1.22.23.

131

MLK Sunday. 1.15.23.

132

Beloved. 1.8.23.

133

Christmas Day. 12.25.22.

134

Advent 4: Let It Be. 12.18.22.

135

Advent 3: Let There Be Joy. 12.11.22.

136

Advent 2: Let There Be Peace. 12.4.22.

137

Advent 1: Let There be Hope. 11.27.22.

138

The Whole Bible in 30 Minutes (as Seen by its Women). 11.20.22.

139

Be Still. 11.13.22.

140

All Saints Day. 11.6.22.

141

Jacob's Ladder. 10.30.22.

142

You Are There. 10.23.22.

143

Rizpah and Bearing Witness. 10.16.22.

144

Pride Sunday. 10.9.22.

145

Live and Move and Have Our Being. 10.2.22.

146

A Way, Not an Endpoint. 9.25.22.

147

I Am. 9.18.22.

148

Loved into Being. 9.11.22.

149

Hope. 8.28.22.

150

Losing Your Other Gods. 8.21.22.

151

Faith. 8.14.22.

152

How Perfect Love Casts Out Fear. 8.7.22.

153

God and the Politics of Fear. 7.31.22.

154

For Those Who Suffer . . . Repent? 7.24.22.

155

A Prayer for Unity. 7.17.22.

156

The Unnamed Woman of Shiloh. 7.10.22.

157

Theology for Democracy. 7.3.22.

158

Give to Everyone Who Asks. 6.26.22.

159

My Name is "Legion." 6.19.22.

160

Trinity Sunday. 6.12.22.

161

Pentecost 6.5.22.

162

Caring Relationships. 5.29.22.

163

Spirit-Inspired Worship. 5.22.22.

164

Servant Leadership. 5.15.22.

165

Incarnational. 5.8.22.

166

Practice Resurrection. 4.24.22.

167

Easter Sunday. 4.17.22.

168

Palm Sunday. 4.10.22.

169

Do We Need Jesus? 4.3.22.

170

How Does Grace Deal with Sin? 3.27.22.

171

What is Grace? 3.20.22.

172

Original Blessing. 3.13.22.

173

What is Sin? 3.6.22.

174

A Vital Congregation. 2.27.22.

175

What It Means to Be a Family. 2.20.22.

176

The Widow of Zarephath. 2.13.22.

177

What's the Catch? 2.6.22.

178

I Love/Hate Your Sermon. 1.30.22.

179

Read the Book. 1.23.22.

180

MLK Sunday. 1.16.22.

181

Baptism of the Lord. 1.9.22.

182

Epiphany Sunday. 1.2.22.

183

The First Sunday of Christmas. 12.26.21.

184

Advent 4: Darkness. 12.19.21.

185

Advent 3: Silence. 12.12.21.

186

Advent 2: Stillness. 12.5.21.

187

Advent 1: Slowness. 11.28.21.

188

The Whole Bible in Twenty Minutes. 11.21.21.

189

I'm Overwhelmed. 11.14.21.

190

Critical Race Theory and Other Divine Offenses. 11.7.21.

191

All Saints Day. 10.31.21.

192

Children's Sabbath. 10.24.21.

193

There Is Enough. 10.17.21.

194

Pride Sunday 2021. 10.10.21.

195

I've Been Meaning to Ask: Where Do We Go From Here? 10.3.21.

196

I've Been Meaning to Ask: What Do You Need? 9.26.21.

197

I've Been Meaning to Ask: Where Does It Hurt? 9.19.21.

198

9.12.21. I've Been Meaning to Ask: Where are You From?

199

A Psalm for Every Season. 9.5.21.

200

An Embodied Faith: The Mystical Body. 8.29.21.

201

An Embodied Faith: The Body of Christ. 8.22.21.

202

An Embodied Faith: The Earth as the Body of God. 8.15.21.

203

An Embodied Faith: The Individual Body. 8.8.21.

204

Celebration. 8.1.21.

205

Re-Boot: Appreciating Beauty. 7.25.21.

206

Ashley Wilcox. 7.11.21.

207

Ministry Fellow Zeena Regis. 7.4.21.

208

I Love to Tell the Story. 6.27.21.

209

Re-Boot: Prayer. 6.20.21.

210

Re-Boot: Sabbath. 6.13.21.

211

Re-Boot: Ritual. 6.6.21.

212

Re-Boot Your Faith. 5.30.21.

213

Practicing the Power of Three. 5.23.21.

214

Can Jesus Teach Us Anything Useful about Love? 5.9.21.

215

5.2.21. God is Love.

216

The Power to Lay It Down and the Power to Take It Up. 4.25.21.

217

Scripture: John 20:19-29 | Rob Schoonover Preaching. 4.18.21.

218

Unity in the Resurrection. 4.11.21.

219

Christ is Risen! 4.4.21.

220

John 12:1-9. 3.28.21.

221

Sacrifice. 3.21.21.

222

John 3:16. 3.14.21.

223

Building. 3.7.21.

224

"Who do you say that I am?" 2.28.21.

225

Journey Into the Wilderness. 2.21.21.

226

Transformation. 2.14.21.

227

And He Cured Many Who Were Sick. 2.7.21.

228

Gentle Authority. 1.31.21.

229

Calling Disciples. 1.24.21.

230

God and Politics. 1.17.21.

231

Down to the River with Wild John. 1.10.21.

232

Epiphany. 1.3.21.

233

New Beginnings. 12.27.20.

234

The Glorifying Soul. 12.20.20.

235

Rejoice Always? 12.13.20.

236

The Greatest Kiss. 12.6.20.

237

Not Simply Waiting. 11.29.20.

238

November 22, 2020.

239

Social Justice Christians. 11.22.20.

240

Stay Awake. 11.8.20.

241

All Saint's Day: Who is a Saint? 11.1.20.

242

10.25.20. The Greatest Commandment.

243

Taxes (and Other Matters of Life & Death). 10.18.20.

244

Freedom through Consecration. 10.11.20.

245

Freedom is Found in Relationship. 10.4.20.

246

Remembering the Wilderness. 9.27.20.

247

Manna in the Wilderness. 9.20.20.

248

What Do We Make of Our Differences? 9.13.20.

249

How Can I Keep from Singing. 9.6.20.

250

The Ending. 8.30.20.

251

Two-Thousand-Year-Old Mail Fraud. 8.23.20.

252

The Mustard Seed. 8.16.20.

253

Called Together. 8.9.20.

254

The Best. Story. Ever. Daniel in the lion's den. 8.2.20.

255

The Best. Story. Ever. David and Goliath. 7.26.20.

256

The Best. Story. Ever. Joshua. 6.19.20.

257

The Best. Story. Ever. Joseph and his brothers. 7.12.20.

258

Notes from Goat Island. 7.5.20.

259

Memorial Drive Ministries. 6.28.20.

260

"The one who struggles with God." 6.21.20.

261

Anger. Violence. 6.14.20.

262

Adam and Eve. 6.7.20.

263

Special Edition: What feeds you?

264

Beloved Community (Part 3). 5.17.20.

265

Beloved Community (Part 2). 5.10.20.

266

Beloved Community (Part 1). 5.3.20.

267

Don't Grow Weary. 4.26.20.

268

Easter. 4.12.20.

269

Our Need for Salvation. 4.5.20.

270

Mercy (Part 5). 3.29.20.

271

Mercy (Part 4). 3.22.20.

272

Mercy (Part 3). 3.15.20.

273

Mercy (Part 2). 3.8.20.

274

Mercy (Part 1). 3.1.20.

275

Power (Part 4). 2.23.20.

276

Power (Part 3). 2.16.20.

277

Power (Part 2). 2.9.20.

278

Power (Part 1). 2.2.20.

279

Wonder (Part 3). 1.26.19.

280

Wonder (Part 2). 1.19.20.

281

The Wonders of the Holy Spirit (Part 1). 1.12.20.

282

Liberation (Part 4). 12.22.19.

283

Liberation (Part 3). 12.15.19.

284

Liberation (Part 2). 12.8.19.

285

Liberation (Part 1). 12.1.19.

286

Prophecy (Part 4). 11.24.19.

287

Prophecy (Part 3). 11.17.19.

288

Prophecy (Part 2). 11.10.19.

289

Prophecy (Part 1). 11.3.19.

290

Covenant: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 4). 10.27.19.

291

Retreat Sunday (no sermon). 10.20.19.

292

Covenant: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 2). 10.13.19.

293

Covenant: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 1). 10.6.19.

294

God's Creative Story: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 4). 9.29.19.

295

God's Creative Story: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 3). 9.22.19.

296

God's Creative Story: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas (Part 2). 9.15.19.

297

God's Creative Story: The Bible's Nine Big Ideas. 9.8.19.

298

What do we do when we worship? (Part 4) 8.25.19.

299

What do we do when we worship? (Part 3) 8.18.19.

300

What do we do when we worship? (Part 2). 8.11.19.

301

What do we do when we worship? (Part 1) 8.4.19.

302

Worship Unplugged. 7.28.19.

303

Worship Unplugged. 7.7.19.

304

(Ir)religious Freedom. 6.30.19.

305

Hope in the weirdness of the Bible. 6.23.19.

306

Shannon Ball preaches on Exodus 1:8-22. 6.16.19.

307

It Could Always Be Worse! 6.9.19.

308

Surprise, surprise, surprise! Things you would not expect to find in the Bible. 6.2.19.

309

Easter 6. Mary and Martha. 5.26.19.

310

Easter 5. The Power of Change. 5.19.19.

311

Easter 4. Faith for a Lifetime: Senescence. 5.12.19.

312

Easter 3. Why does Jesus keep showing up? 5.5.19.

313

Easter 2. "I believe in the resurrection of the body...." 4.28.19.

314

Easter Sunday. 4.21.19.

315

Palm Sunday. 4.14.19.

316

Lent 5: Giving Ourselves Away. 4.7.19.

317

Lent 4: Hearing the Voice of the Deeper Self. 3.31.19.

318

Lent 3: Coming to Terms with the Past. 3.24.19.

319

Lent 2: Necessary Losses. 3.17.19.

320

Lent 1: Waking Up. 3.10.19.

321

Religion and Politics. 2.24.19.

322

Faith for a Lifetime: Early Adulthood. 2.3.19.

323

Faith for a Lifetime: Vocation. 1.27.19.

324

Strange Fruit. 1.20.19.