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Sermons by the Rev. David Wheeler — 279 episodes

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The God You Already Know

2

Trust Holds When the Way Is Unclear Part 4 of 4)

3

Learning to Trust Again...Trusting the Right Voice (Part 3 of 4)

4

Trust Rekindles on the Road | Luke 24:13–35

5

Learning to Trust Again. . . Trust Begins with Doubt (Part 1 of 4)

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The Good News Is… Alive in the World

7

The Good News is. . . Inspiring Us To Act {Palm Sunday}

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The Good News Is… Protection and Care for the Vulnerable –Rev. Nancy Hodgkinson

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The Good News Is… Protection and Care for the Vulnerable

10

The Good News Is… Together, the Impossible Is Possible | Third Sunday in Lent – Drew Southworth

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The Good News Is… Great Love for God and Neighbor

12

The Good News Is... So Good, it Catches Us By Surprise

13

A Better Way to Read the Bible Today

14

When the Bible Disagrees With Itself — and the Verses Used to Harm

15

What God Requires. Who Jesus Blesses.

16

In the Time of Herod, We Long for God to Break In

17

Reign of Love, Not Domination

18

Rising for the Future

19

Rising with Courage

20

Rooted in Community

21

Rooted in Grace

22

Wholeness After Religious Trauma

23

What Might Jesus Say to Republicans, Democrats, and Independents

24

What Might Jesus Say About the Abortion Debate

25

What Jesus Might Say About Our Broken Immigration System

26

What Might Jesus Say To Donald Trump

27

The Forgotten Fruit of the Spirit

28

Shouting and Silence

29

Righteousness and Mercy

30

Lost and Found

31

Faith and Works

32

Stranger and Neighbor

33

Stages of Faith

34

The Mind of Christ

35

Holding On and Letting Go

36

Unity: But How?

37

A Shared Calling

38

The Gift of the Stargazers

39

A Home for All (Joy)

40

Laying the Foundation (Peace)

41

Homesick (Hope)

42

An Alternate Universe

43

The Beginning or the End?

44

Saints—Dead and Living

45

Less Fanfare, More Love

46

Surviving a Miracle

47

The Difficult Teachings of Jesus

48

What About Hell and the Devil?

49

Did God Require Jesus to Die in My Place?

50

COVID, Climate Change, Personal Freedoms, and The Greater Good

51

The Bible: Origins and Modern Understandings

52

Hope Finds a Way

53

Are Cleanliness and Godliness Really Neighbors?

54

A Taste of Grace

55

The Shared Life

56

What Are We Looking For?

57

There is Always Enough

58

Hit the Pause Button

59

Pride Sunday, 2021

60

Faith and Fear Walk Hand in Hand

61

Small Sacrifices Grow Great Love

62

The Church Is Not a Building

63

Divinely Relational (Trinity Sunday)

64

A Reasonable Passion (Pentecost 2021)

65

The Other Famous Prayer of Jesus

66

They Say Home Is Where the Heart Is

67

Easier Said Than Done

68

The Power of Perspective

69

A Journey, Not a Destination

70

An Open-Door Faith

71

Again and Again, the Sun Rises (Easter 2021)

72

Again and Again, We Draw on Courage

73

Again and Again, We Are Reformed

74

Again and Again, God Loves First

75

Again and Again, We Are Shown the Way

76

Again and Again, We Are Called to Listen

77

Again and Again, God Meets Us

78

When the Shadows Come

79

The Vastness and Nearness of the Divine Mystery

80

Truth in an Age of Misinformation

81

Knowing Who to Follow

82

Knowing Thyself

83

And So It Begins

84

Those Who Dream... Prepare the Way (Peace)

85

Those Who Dream... Keep Awake (Hope)

86

What Are We Going to Say?

87

When Trials and Temptations Come

88

Of Mountains High and Valleys Low

89

Dig Deeper

90

God is Still Speaking

91

Salvation Through Peace, Justice, and Restoring the Earth

92

Deeply Christian AND Welcoming of Other Faiths

93

Less Creeds, More Deeds

94

Progressive Christianity: What’s Old is New Again

95

If Only...

96

Light and Life

97

Christmas Eve 2019, “The Wonders of This Night”

98

The Wonders of God’s Love

99

The Wonders of God's Joy

100

The Wonders of God’s Peace

101

The Wonders of God’s Hope

102

“ ‘Be Still:’ Finding Grace & Gratitude Amidst 21st Century Insanity”

103

Hold On

104

Enjoy this Life

105

Love God

106

Embrace Diversity

107

Share Earthly and Spiritual Resources

108

Care For the Poor and Fight for the Powerless

109

Reject Racism

110

Forgive Often

111

Protect the Environment

112

Be the Church

113

Spiritual Grit

114

Humility Shrinks and Expands Us

115

On Social Norms and Human Wholeness

116

Interpreting the Present Time

117

Faith Will Lead Us Home

118

Hoarding vs Trusting

119

Was Jesus a Feminist?

120

The Right Questions

121

Heaven Belongs to You (Weatherford)

122

Heaven Belongs to You

123

Facing Our Demons

124

Divinely Mysterious Math

125

Draw the Circle Wide (Pentecost 2019)

126

From Acts of Charity to Civic Discipleship

127

Easter Courage

128

Not Narrow Nationalists, But Global Leaders

129

Redeeming the American Dream (Norman)

130

Redeeming the American Dream (Weatherford)

131

The Biblical Roots of Justice

132

The Biblical Roots of Justice

133

A Socially Engaged Faith

134

The Jazz of Easter

135

The Courage of Our Convictions

136

Keep the Poor with You Always

137

Relationships in the Light of Justice

138

In Loving Memory of Deborah Gale

139

The Voices Inside our Heads

140

We Cannot Stay on the Mountain

141

Breaking the Cycle

142

Creation and Evolution are Great Friends

143

Prayer for Non-Magical People

144

Salvation: THIS Life or the AFTER Life?

145

I Don't Believe in THAT God Either

146

No Deficit in Human Resources

147

When the Water Gets Deep (Norman)

148

When the Water Gets Deep (Weatherford)

149

The Not-So-Secret Mystery of God (Norman)

150

The Not-So-Secret Mystery of God (Weatherford)

151

Christmas Eve, 2018: "Calm and Bright" (Weatherford)

152

Let Us Sing-- HOPE (Norman)

153

Let Us Sing -- HOPE (Weatherford)

154

Redeeming Grace-- LOVE (Norman)

155

Redeeming Grace--LOVE (Weatherford)

156

Glories Stream-- JOY (Norman)

157

Glories Stream-- JOY (Weatherford)

158

Sleep in Peace (Norman)

159

Sleep in Peace (Weatherford)

160

What is Truth? (Norman)

161

What is Truth? (Weatherford)

162

Not the End, But the Beginning (Norman)

163

Not the End, But the Beginning (Weatherford)

164

Religion Seeking Power is Powerless Religion (Weatherford)

165

Saints Show Up (Norman)

166

Saints Show Up (Weatherford)

167

The Courage to Move On (Norman)

168

The Courage to Move On (Weatherford)

169

Difficult Decisions (Norman)

170

Difficult Decisions (Weatherford)

171

A Child Shall Lead Them

172

The Church: What are we gonna do about this mess? (Norman)

173

The Church: What are we gonna do about this mess? (Weatherford)

174

Human Sexuality: What if God Loves Us Just As We Are? (Norman)

175

Human Sexuality: What if God Loves Us Just As We Are? (Weatherford)

176

The Bible: Taking it Seriously, Not Literally”

177

The Jesus on Your Fridge

178

Fruition

179

Transformation

180

Compassion

181

Imagine

182

Satisfied (Norman)

183

Satisfied (Weatherford)

184

The Problem with Overpromising (Norman)

185

The Problem of Overpromising (Weatherford)

186

Strength Through Weakness

187

Boundaries (Norman)

188

Boundaries (Weatherford)

189

The Size of Significance (Norman)

190

The Size of Significance (Weatherford)

191

The Unforgivable Sin (Norman)

192

The Unforgivable Sin (Weatherford)

193

That Escalated Quickly

194

Blind Spots (Norman)

195

Blind Spots (Weatherford)

196

Yanny or Laurel? (Mayflower)

197

Gone Up With a Shout: Clap Your Hands! (Weatherford and Norman)

198

Who Can Withhold? Break Forth! (Norman)

199

Who Can Withhold? Break Forth (Weatherford)

200

From You Comes My Praise: Guide My Steps (Norman)

201

From You Comes My Praise: Guide My Steps (Weatherford)

202

Loving and Saving the Earth (Norman)

203

Loving and Saving the Earth (Weatherford)

204

While In Their Joy: Dancing Sure (Norman)

205

While In Their Joy: Dancing Sure (Weatherford)

206

With Great Power: Dancing Together (Norman)

207

With Great Power: Dancing Together (Weatherford)

208

Lethal Memories (Norman)

209

Lethal Memories (Weatherford)

210

The World God Loves (Norman)

211

The World God Loves (Weatherford)

212

Holy Anger (Norman)

213

Holy Anger (Weatherford)

214

Eulogy for Mark Tanton (Norman)

215

The Promises That Shape Us (Norman)

216

The Promises That Shape Us (Weatherford)

217

God, Guns, and the Gospel (Norman)

218

God, Guns, and the Gospel (Weatherford)

219

Let’s Stay Together (Norman)

220

Let’s Stay Together (Weatherford)

221

The Power of a Non-Anxious Presence (Norman)

222

The Power of a Non-Anxious Presence (Weatherford)

223

About That Fake News... (Norman)

224

About That Fake News... (Weatherford)

225

Marching for Change (Norman)

226

Marching for Change (Weatherford)

227

The Silence of Our Friends (Norman)

228

The Silence of our Friends (Weatherford)

229

Nobody Said it Would Be Easy

230

Christmas is God’s YES!

231

Joy May Not Be What You Think

232

Church Too?

233

The Final Black Friday

234

An Outsider’s Thanksgiving

235

Living Well in Uncertain Times

236

Life’s Holiest Moments

237

A Change is Gonna Come

238

For Better, For Worse

239

The Greatest American Idol

240

I Am ... Because WE ARE (Ubuntu)

241

It's Five O'clock Somewhere

242

The Art of Forgiveness

243

Authentic Christian Values

244

The Fresh Life

245

Nasty Church Reputations

246

Healing Words

247

Christian, Get Out of the Boat

248

Jesus' Most Political Miracle

249

Blind Faith

250

The Road to Hell

251

Selective Compassion is Not Christian

252

Color Outside the Lines

253

The Grown Up Table

254

Creativity Springs Forth From Chaos

255

The Answer to Jesus' Prayer

256

A Tale of Two Worlds

257

Looking Down For Heaven

258

Free Range Christians

259

Emmaus Happens

260

No Closed Door Meetings

261

God Uses Broken Things

262

When God is Too Late

263

Bad Theology Ain't Worth Spit

264

Moving Past the Passed

265

How Are We Saved?

266

Resisting Powerful Temptations

267

Homily Over the Ashes

268

Finding a Voice of Reason

269

Building a Life Together

270

The Death-Trap of Neutrality

271

A Piece of God's Mind

272

God Doesn't Need Your Warm Fuzzies

273

People of the Light

274

Scarcity or Abundance?

275

God's Ever-Expanding Circle

276

Don't Take Down the Tree Just Yet

277

Love Dares to Dream

278

Joy Means Coming Home

279

Peace: An Advent Meditation