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Sermons by the Rev. David Wheeler — 289 episodes

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What's Going On

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"The Sound of Silence" Songs That Changed the World (Part 3 of 10)

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"Bridge Over Troubled Water" Songs That Changed the World (Part 2 of 10)

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"Born This Way" Songs that Changed The World (Part 1 of 10)

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Rescue

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A Work Toward Holistic Love

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"You Are Not A Debate. You Are Beloved"

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God Is Relationship

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Pentecost: Finding Unity Across Difference

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Finding Faith in the Spaces Between

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The God You Already Know

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

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

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

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

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The Good News Is… Alive in the World

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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

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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

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

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A Better Way to Read the Bible Today

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

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What God Requires. Who Jesus Blesses.

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

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Reign of Love, Not Domination

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Rising for the Future

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Rising with Courage

30

Rooted in Community

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Rooted in Grace

32

Wholeness After Religious Trauma

33

What Might Jesus Say to Republicans, Democrats, and Independents

34

What Might Jesus Say About the Abortion Debate

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What Jesus Might Say About Our Broken Immigration System

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What Might Jesus Say To Donald Trump

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The Forgotten Fruit of the Spirit

38

Shouting and Silence

39

Righteousness and Mercy

40

Lost and Found

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Faith and Works

42

Stranger and Neighbor

43

Stages of Faith

44

The Mind of Christ

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Holding On and Letting Go

46

Unity: But How?

47

A Shared Calling

48

The Gift of the Stargazers

49

A Home for All (Joy)

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Laying the Foundation (Peace)

51

Homesick (Hope)

52

An Alternate Universe

53

The Beginning or the End?

54

Saints—Dead and Living

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Less Fanfare, More Love

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Surviving a Miracle

57

The Difficult Teachings of Jesus

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What About Hell and the Devil?

59

Did God Require Jesus to Die in My Place?

60

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

61

The Bible: Origins and Modern Understandings

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Hope Finds a Way

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Are Cleanliness and Godliness Really Neighbors?

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A Taste of Grace

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The Shared Life

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What Are We Looking For?

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There is Always Enough

68

Hit the Pause Button

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Pride Sunday, 2021

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Faith and Fear Walk Hand in Hand

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Small Sacrifices Grow Great Love

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The Church Is Not a Building

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Divinely Relational (Trinity Sunday)

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A Reasonable Passion (Pentecost 2021)

75

The Other Famous Prayer of Jesus

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They Say Home Is Where the Heart Is

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Easier Said Than Done

78

The Power of Perspective

79

A Journey, Not a Destination

80

An Open-Door Faith

81

Again and Again, the Sun Rises (Easter 2021)

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Again and Again, We Draw on Courage

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Again and Again, We Are Reformed

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Again and Again, God Loves First

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Again and Again, We Are Shown the Way

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Again and Again, We Are Called to Listen

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Again and Again, God Meets Us

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When the Shadows Come

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The Vastness and Nearness of the Divine Mystery

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Truth in an Age of Misinformation

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Knowing Who to Follow

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Knowing Thyself

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And So It Begins

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

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Those Who Dream... Keep Awake (Hope)

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What Are We Going to Say?

97

When Trials and Temptations Come

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Of Mountains High and Valleys Low

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Dig Deeper

100

God is Still Speaking

101

Salvation Through Peace, Justice, and Restoring the Earth

102

Deeply Christian AND Welcoming of Other Faiths

103

Less Creeds, More Deeds

104

Progressive Christianity: What’s Old is New Again

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If Only...

106

Light and Life

107

Christmas Eve 2019, “The Wonders of This Night”

108

The Wonders of God’s Love

109

The Wonders of God's Joy

110

The Wonders of God’s Peace

111

The Wonders of God’s Hope

112

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

113

Hold On

114

Enjoy this Life

115

Love God

116

Embrace Diversity

117

Share Earthly and Spiritual Resources

118

Care For the Poor and Fight for the Powerless

119

Reject Racism

120

Forgive Often

121

Protect the Environment

122

Be the Church

123

Spiritual Grit

124

Humility Shrinks and Expands Us

125

On Social Norms and Human Wholeness

126

Interpreting the Present Time

127

Faith Will Lead Us Home

128

Hoarding vs Trusting

129

Was Jesus a Feminist?

130

The Right Questions

131

Heaven Belongs to You (Weatherford)

132

Heaven Belongs to You

133

Facing Our Demons

134

Divinely Mysterious Math

135

Draw the Circle Wide (Pentecost 2019)

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From Acts of Charity to Civic Discipleship

137

Easter Courage

138

Not Narrow Nationalists, But Global Leaders

139

Redeeming the American Dream (Norman)

140

Redeeming the American Dream (Weatherford)

141

The Biblical Roots of Justice

142

The Biblical Roots of Justice

143

A Socially Engaged Faith

144

The Jazz of Easter

145

The Courage of Our Convictions

146

Keep the Poor with You Always

147

Relationships in the Light of Justice

148

In Loving Memory of Deborah Gale

149

The Voices Inside our Heads

150

We Cannot Stay on the Mountain

151

Breaking the Cycle

152

Creation and Evolution are Great Friends

153

Prayer for Non-Magical People

154

Salvation: THIS Life or the AFTER Life?

155

I Don't Believe in THAT God Either

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No Deficit in Human Resources

157

When the Water Gets Deep (Norman)

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When the Water Gets Deep (Weatherford)

159

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

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

161

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

162

Let Us Sing-- HOPE (Norman)

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Let Us Sing -- HOPE (Weatherford)

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Redeeming Grace-- LOVE (Norman)

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Redeeming Grace--LOVE (Weatherford)

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Glories Stream-- JOY (Norman)

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Glories Stream-- JOY (Weatherford)

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Sleep in Peace (Norman)

169

Sleep in Peace (Weatherford)

170

What is Truth? (Norman)

171

What is Truth? (Weatherford)

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Not the End, But the Beginning (Norman)

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Not the End, But the Beginning (Weatherford)

174

Religion Seeking Power is Powerless Religion (Weatherford)

175

Saints Show Up (Norman)

176

Saints Show Up (Weatherford)

177

The Courage to Move On (Norman)

178

The Courage to Move On (Weatherford)

179

Difficult Decisions (Norman)

180

Difficult Decisions (Weatherford)

181

A Child Shall Lead Them

182

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

183

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

184

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

185

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

186

The Bible: Taking it Seriously, Not Literally”

187

The Jesus on Your Fridge

188

Fruition

189

Transformation

190

Compassion

191

Imagine

192

Satisfied (Norman)

193

Satisfied (Weatherford)

194

The Problem with Overpromising (Norman)

195

The Problem of Overpromising (Weatherford)

196

Strength Through Weakness

197

Boundaries (Norman)

198

Boundaries (Weatherford)

199

The Size of Significance (Norman)

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The Size of Significance (Weatherford)

201

The Unforgivable Sin (Norman)

202

The Unforgivable Sin (Weatherford)

203

That Escalated Quickly

204

Blind Spots (Norman)

205

Blind Spots (Weatherford)

206

Yanny or Laurel? (Mayflower)

207

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

208

Who Can Withhold? Break Forth! (Norman)

209

Who Can Withhold? Break Forth (Weatherford)

210

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

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

212

Loving and Saving the Earth (Norman)

213

Loving and Saving the Earth (Weatherford)

214

While In Their Joy: Dancing Sure (Norman)

215

While In Their Joy: Dancing Sure (Weatherford)

216

With Great Power: Dancing Together (Norman)

217

With Great Power: Dancing Together (Weatherford)

218

Lethal Memories (Norman)

219

Lethal Memories (Weatherford)

220

The World God Loves (Norman)

221

The World God Loves (Weatherford)

222

Holy Anger (Norman)

223

Holy Anger (Weatherford)

224

Eulogy for Mark Tanton (Norman)

225

The Promises That Shape Us (Norman)

226

The Promises That Shape Us (Weatherford)

227

God, Guns, and the Gospel (Norman)

228

God, Guns, and the Gospel (Weatherford)

229

Let’s Stay Together (Norman)

230

Let’s Stay Together (Weatherford)

231

The Power of a Non-Anxious Presence (Norman)

232

The Power of a Non-Anxious Presence (Weatherford)

233

About That Fake News... (Norman)

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About That Fake News... (Weatherford)

235

Marching for Change (Norman)

236

Marching for Change (Weatherford)

237

The Silence of Our Friends (Norman)

238

The Silence of our Friends (Weatherford)

239

Nobody Said it Would Be Easy

240

Christmas is God’s YES!

241

Joy May Not Be What You Think

242

Church Too?

243

The Final Black Friday

244

An Outsider’s Thanksgiving

245

Living Well in Uncertain Times

246

Life’s Holiest Moments

247

A Change is Gonna Come

248

For Better, For Worse

249

The Greatest American Idol

250

I Am ... Because WE ARE (Ubuntu)

251

It's Five O'clock Somewhere

252

The Art of Forgiveness

253

Authentic Christian Values

254

The Fresh Life

255

Nasty Church Reputations

256

Healing Words

257

Christian, Get Out of the Boat

258

Jesus' Most Political Miracle

259

Blind Faith

260

The Road to Hell

261

Selective Compassion is Not Christian

262

Color Outside the Lines

263

The Grown Up Table

264

Creativity Springs Forth From Chaos

265

The Answer to Jesus' Prayer

266

A Tale of Two Worlds

267

Looking Down For Heaven

268

Free Range Christians

269

Emmaus Happens

270

No Closed Door Meetings

271

God Uses Broken Things

272

When God is Too Late

273

Bad Theology Ain't Worth Spit

274

Moving Past the Passed

275

How Are We Saved?

276

Resisting Powerful Temptations

277

Homily Over the Ashes

278

Finding a Voice of Reason

279

Building a Life Together

280

The Death-Trap of Neutrality

281

A Piece of God's Mind

282

God Doesn't Need Your Warm Fuzzies

283

People of the Light

284

Scarcity or Abundance?

285

God's Ever-Expanding Circle

286

Don't Take Down the Tree Just Yet

287

Love Dares to Dream

288

Joy Means Coming Home

289

Peace: An Advent Meditation