All Episodes

12.8.24 Making Room: Welcome the Stranger

12.1.24 Making Room: Be a Neighbor

11.24.24 What if...God multiplied what we gave.

11.3.24 All Saints Day: The Holiness of Grief

11.17.24 What if...We trusted God with what we have

11.10.24 What if...we gave to a purpose instead of an institution

10.27.24 The Ten Commandments: Living and Speaking Truthfully, Exodus 20:1-2, 16-17

10.13.24 Recognizing the Sacred in All, Exodus 20:1-2, 12-13

The 10 Commandments: The Forgotten Commandment, Exodus 20:8-11

The 10 Commandments: The First Three

7.14.24 Major on the Minors: Obadiah

7.7.24 Whatever It Takes

7.1.24 Core Values: Serving All and Allowing All to Serve

6.23.24 Core Values: Spiritually Hungry, Acts 2:42

5.26.24 Core Values: Hospitality

5.12.24 Ascension Sunday: The Cosmic Christ

5.5.24 Revelation: The New Heaven and New Earth. It's God's Reality

4.28.24 Revelation: We are not Left Behind

4.21.24 Revelation: Lamb Theology

4.14.24 Revelation: Drop it Like it's Hot, Revelation 3:14-22

Revelation: What is an Apocalypse

3.31.24 Easter Sunday: The Resurrection is for You

3.28.24 Maundy Thursday: Lowly Love

3.24.24 Palm Sunday: A Parade of Protest

3.17.24 Forgiveness: Injustice, Forgiveness and Reconciliation

3.10.24 Forgiveness: Forgiving Others Again...And Again...And Again, Matthew 18:21-35

3.3.24 Forgiveness: The Power to Forgive Ourselves

2.25.24 Forgiveness: The Courage of Self Examination, 2 Samuel 12:1-10, 13

2.18.24 Forgiveness: It's a Process

12.10.23 An Unlikely Advent: A Curious People, Matthew 2:1-2, 7-12

12.3.23 An Unlikely Advent: Playing the Villain

11.26.23: An Unlikely Advent: What if I Missed It?

10.29.23 Reformation Sunday: Being a 21st Century Rabble Rouser, Luke 18:1-8

10.22.23 Church Pick Sunday: You Aren't What You Do

Disability Awareness Sunday: The Dignity of Disability, 2 Samuel 4:4, 9:1-13

10.8.23 It was Good. It is Good. It will be Good.

8.27.23 Both/And Worship And Service: Matthew 22:34-40

9.10.23 Mental Health: God Seeks What We Hide, Genesis 3:8-10

9.3.23 Both/And In the World AND Not of the World, John 17:9-19

8.13.23 Holy and Sassy Women of the Bible: Junia

8.6.23 Holy and Sassy Women of the Bible: Queen Vashti

8.20.23 Both/And: Evangelism AND Justice, Matthew 5:13-16

7.30.23 Holy and Sassy Women of the Bible: Shiphrah and Puah, Exodus 1:15-22

7.23.23 Holy and Sassy Women of the Bible: Tamar, Genesis 38

7.16.23 Holy and Sassy Women of the Bible: Debunking the Myths

6.25.23 Summer Bumper Stickers: Coexist

7.2.23 Summer Bumper Stickers: Christians aren't Perfect, just Forgiven.

7.9.23 Summer Bumper Stickers: Jesus is Coming...Look Busy! John 15:1-8

Pentecost Sunday: Speaking New Languages, Acts 2:1-21

5.21.23 Ascension Sunday: Waiting in Liminal Spaces, Acts 1:6-14

5.14.23 Heritage Sunday: Back to Our Roots, Mark 12:28-34

5.7.23: Faith at the Movies: Domination is Incompatible with Christian Teaching

4.30.23 Faith at the Movies: Don't Let Your Ambition Eat You

4.9.23 Leave it in the Grave, John 20:1-18

4.2.23 Palm Sunday, Matthew 21:1-11

3.26.23 Bless the Lent we Actually Have: Blessed are those who mourn, Lamentations 1:1-4

3.19.23 Bless the Lent We Actually Have: Blessed are those who are alone

3.12.23 Bless the Lent We Actually Have: Blessed are those who suffer, Romans 5:1-8

3.5.23 Bless the Lent We Actually Have: Blessed are the Curious, John 3:1-17

2.26.23 Bless The Lent We Actually Have: Blessed are the Imperfect, Matthew 4:1-11

2.19.23 Transfiguration Sunday: Transformed for a Purpose

2.12.23 The Gospel in Dr. Seuss: I Do Not Like New Wineskins

The Gospel in Dr. Seuss: A Story Beyond Consumption

1.22.23: The Gospel in Dr. Seuss: Stop Searching for Solla Sellew

1.15.23 The Gospel in Dr. Seuss: The Sneetches and Beloved Community

12.24.22 Love Comes Down at Christmas

12.18.22 The Hope of Christmas Future

12.11.22 The Life of Christmas Present

12.4.22 The Redemption of Scrooge: The Remembrance of Christmas Past

11.27.22 The Redemption of Scrooge: Bah Humbug!

11.20.22 Christ the King Sunday: Luke 26:33-43

11.13.22 Earn. Save. GIve

11.6.22 All Saints Day: The Power of Ancestral Wisdom

10.30.22 Reformation Sunday: The Church is Always Reforming: Mark 11:12-18

Learning to Rebuild: Ezra and Nehemiah, Part 2

9.4.22 Learning to Rebuild: Ezra and Nehemiah, Part 3

6.12.22 GO, Matthew 28:16-20

6.5.22 Pentecost: The Church for Others

5.15.22 Transitions: Trust the Process, Joshua 1:1-9

5.8.22 Why Worship Acts 2:42-47

5.1.22 Why Jesus: Worst Friends Ever. John 12:12-15

4.24.22 Why Church?: The Greatest Show on Earth: Mark 5:1-20

Experience the Resurrection, John 20:1-18

Good Friday: A Reflection from John 18:1-19:42

4.10.22 Palm Sunday: The True Self on Parade, Mark 11:1-11

4.3.22 The True Self: Matthew 16:24-25

The False Self: The Religious False Self, Acts 9:1-9

3.20.22 The False Self: You are What Others Think, Mark 5:21-34

3.13.22 The False Self: You are What You Possess: Romans 8:1-8

3.6.22 The False Self: You are What You Do, Luke 4:1-13

Ash Wednesday: Desperate for Something New, Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

2.27.22 Transfiguration Sunday: Just be Present, Luke 9:28-36

2.20.22 Reshaped: Jeremiah 18:1-11

2.13.22 Youth Pick Sunday: Don't Mock Prophets, 2 Kings 2:23-25

2.6.22 The Gospel on Sesame Street: C is for Curiosity, Matthew 19:1-5

1.30.22 The Gospel on Sesame Street, R is for Release: Matthew 9:14-16

1.23.22 The Gospel on Sesame Street: G is for Grief, Luke 6:21

1.16.22 The Gospel on Sesame Street: I is for Inclusion James 2:1-8

Christmas Eve '21: Luke 2:1-14, Christmas is for New Things

12.19.21 First-Hand Witnesses:: Wise Men, Matthew 2:1-12