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Children Dying in the Shadow of Christmas - December 29, 2013 [Matthew 2: 13-18]

 

The Eternal Became Human, Full of Love and Faithfulness - December 22, 2013, 4th Sunday of Advent [John 1:14]

 

Joy in Believing - December 15, 201, 3rd Sunday of Advent [Romans 15:13, Luke 1:47, Psalm 16: 8-11]

 

How God Came Down: God's Refusal to Answer Our Prayers for Vengeance - December 8, 2013, 2nd Sunday of Advent [Isaiah 64, Philippians 2: 5-11] 

 

Hope: Being Anchored to the Future - December 1, 2013, 1st Sunday of Advent [Hebrews 6: 19-20]

 

What If The Lord Had Not Been On Our Side? - November 24, 2103

 

Forgiven & Forgiving - November 17, 2103 [Matthew 6:12, 14-15, Ephesians 4:30 - 5:2]

 

The ABC's of God - November 10, 2013 -[Psalm 145]

 

Is Anyone Too Small or Too Bad for Jesus -November 3, 2013 [Luke 19: 1-10]

 

How are We Put Right With God - October 27, 2013 [Romans 3: 19-31]

 

The Church's First Job - October 20, 2013 [Luke 24: 50-53, Acts 2: 37-47]

 

Wrestling With Jesus - October 13, 2012 [Genesis 32: 22 - 31]

 

God Reaches Out With Two Hands - October 6, 2013 - [Romans 5: 6 -11]

 

Being Smart as a Crook when You've Been Caught - September 22, 2013 [Luke 16:1-13]

 

The Self-Esteem Half-Century and the Problem of Sin & Grace - September 15, 2013 [Psalms 14:10-6, I Timothy 1:12-17]

 

The Journey Inward and the Journey Outward Define Each Other - September 8, 2013 [Micah 6:6-8, Matthew 22:34:40]

 

How Did We Get to This Table Anyway? - September 1, 2103 [Luke 14:1, 7-14]

 

God's Call & Our Inadequacy - August 25, 2013 [Jeremiah 1: 4-10]

 

Can You Love People and Not Love Their Culture - August 18, 2013 [Isiah 5: 1-7; Luke 12:49-53; Romans 12:2]

 

Guest Speaker - Jim Wallis - August 11, 2013

 

Guest Speaker & Guest Choir & Guest Music Director - August 4, 2013

 

July 28, 2013

 

Two Kinds of Hospitality - July 21, 2013 [Luke 10: 38-42;; Genesis 18:1-10a]

 

Why We Share Joys and Concerns - July 14, 2103 [Romans 12:15, Galatians 6:2]

 

Sorrow May Spend the Night, But Joy Comes in the Morning - July 7, 2013 [Psalm 30]

 

Guest Speaker - the Rev Dr Tony Pappas - June 30, 2013

 

Guest Speaker - the Rev Lynn Baker-Dooley - June 23, 2013

 

What About Zebedee? - June 16, 2103 [Mark 1:16-20] 

 

Crashing Then Listening - June 9, 2013 [I Kings 19: 1-18]

 

Either/Or in a Both/And Culture - June 2, 2013 [I Kings 18:20-39]

 

Thinking about War in the Light of the Trinity - May 26, 2013 [Romans 5:1 -11]

 

Spirit and Serendipity - Pentecost, May 19, 2013 [Acts 2:1-21]

 

With Mary, Waiting for the Spirit  - Mother's Day/Ascension, May 12, 2013 [Acts 2:1-21]

 

May 5, 2013

 

The Hat, a drama presented by Guest Speaker Hannah Shively -April 28, 2013

 

Wonder vs Worship, - Earth Day, April 21, 2013 [John 1:1-134, Colossians 1:15-17, Hebrews 1:1-3]

 

Can Good People Be Converted? - April 14, 2014 [Acts 9:1-6]

 

Breakfast with Jesus - April 7, 2013 [John 21:1-19]

 

The Only Thing That Needs to Be Said - March 31, 2013, Easter Sunday [Luke 23:55 - 24:12]

 

What if the Story Really is About God Becoming a King? - March 24, 2013 [Luke 19: 28-48]

 

How Patrick Opened a Door for the Gospel - March 17, 2013 [Colossians 4:2-6]

 

Our Ministry of Reconciliation - March 10, 2013 [2 Corinthians 5:16-21]

 

The Words of My Mouth and the Meditations of My Heart - March 3, 2013 [Psalm 19]

 

Help of the Helpless - February 24, 2013 [Matthew 5:3, Luke 18:9-17]

 

For A Thousand Generations - February 17, 2013 [1 Chronicles 16:15; Ecclesiastes 1:4]

 

Can Love Be Commanded - February 10, 2013 [Mark 12:28-34]

 

The Introverts' Dinner Party - February 3, 2013 [1 Corinthians 11:20-29]

 

Individualism and Communitarianism in Nation and Church - January 27, 2013 [Romans 12]

 

What If We Were Hungry For Justice Instead of Righteousness? - January 20, 2013 [Matthew 5:6, 10: Amos 5:24]

 

Not Ashamed - January 13, 2013  [2 Timothy 1:7-12, Romans 1:16]

 

The Other Last Wise Man - January 6, 2012 [by Henry Van Dyke, as abridged by Donald J. Wolfram]

 

One More Year - December 30, 2012 [Psalm 90, Luke 13:1-9]

 

What the Gospels Say About Violence - December 23, 2012, Advent IV [Matthew 2:13-18]

 

Something Worth Talking About - December 16, 2012, Advent III [Luke 2:8-20]

 

God's Love Made Visible - December 9, 2012, Advent II [John 4: 7-21]

 

God Will Not Leave us Barren or Abandoned - December 2, 2012, Advent I [Isaiah 54: 1-10]

 

The Goal of History and of Our Lives - November 25, 2012 [Revelation 1:46-8]

 

"You Didn't Build That": Gratitude and Humility - November 18, 2012 [Corinthians 4:17, Deutermony 8:12-18]

 

Honoring Veternas Without Glorifying War - November 11, 2012 [Luke 7:1-10]
 

 

Has God Left Some Wildness in Nature? - November 4, 2012 [Psalms 74,78,89,etc]

 

Why My Dogtag Had the Letter 'B' - October 28, 2012 [Deuteronomy 30:11-20]

 

The Walk & the Way - October 21, 2012 [1 John 2:3-6]

 

Now Darkness is My One Companion Left - October 14, 2012 [Psalm 88; Matthew 36:28]

 

Remembering That We Share This Table - October 7, 2012 [John 17:20-23]

 

I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice - September 30, 2012 [Matthew 9:8-13]

 

The Mediocre Samaritan - September 23, 2012 (visiting speaker the Rev Dr. Tony Pappas)

 

Why I Still Believe in Tithing to the Church - September 16, 2012 [Malachi 3:6-12]

 

Contentment & Discontent - September 9, 2012 [Matthew 6:25-34, Philippians 3:12-13, 4:10-13]

 

The Young, The Old, and the Latecomers - September 2, 2012  [Timothy 4:6 - 5:1; Matthew 20:1-15]

 

Building a Nest in God's Presence - August 26, 2012  [Psalm 84]

 

Forgiveness at the Heart of Kingdom Living - August 19, 2012  [Luke 6:27-38]

 

Who Do You Trust? - August 12, 2012  [Psalm 20:7, 1 Timothy 6:17, Deuteronomy 8:17]

 

The Cure for Burnout - August 5, 2012 -  

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)
Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. (Ephesians 6:7)

 

 

Running a Hard Race and Learning the Hard Way - July 29, 2012 [Hebrews 12:1-13]

 

Christianity - Critique or Hope -  July 22, 2012 - Intern Kadin Wiliams 

 

Something Worth Going to Hell For - July 15, 2012  [Luke 4: 16-30]

 

The Uses of Freedom - July 8, 2012  [Galatians 5:13; I Peter 2:11-25]

 

The Body of Chirst: A family Bound in Flesh & Blood - July 1, 2012  Kadin Williams

 

Don't You Care? - June 24, 2012  [Mark 4:35-41]

 

Judging a Man By His Heart -June 17, 2012  [I Samuel 16: 1-13]

 

Choosing Tyranny Over Trust - June 10, 2012  [1 Samuel 8: 4-12]

 

The Vision of the Lamb Upon the Throne; Redemptive Suffering and Nonviolence at the Heart of the Moral Order - June 3, 2012 [Revelation 5]

 

Visiting Speaker - May 27, 2112

 

Is Healing Possible? - May 20, 20122012  [Acts 28:7-10, 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10]

 

Visiting Pastor - May 13, 2012

 

Worry Therapy - April 29, 2012 [Luke 12:22034]

 

Four Elements of Meeting Jesus: Doubt, Food, Scripture, Witness - April 22, 2012 [Luke 24: 36-49]

 

Taking The Drama Out of Trauma - April 15, 2012 [I Peter 4:12-13]

 

If Christ Has Not Been Raised - April 8, 2012 [I Corinthians 15:12-26]

 

Yours Is the Kingdom - April 1, 2012 [Matthew 6:13; Mark 11:1-11]

 

Do Not Bring Us to Hard Testring - March 25, 2012 [Matthew 6:13]

 

Forgive, As We Forgive - March 18, 2012 [Matthew 6:12]

 

Give Us Today Our Daily Bread - March 11, 2012 [Matthew 6:11] 

 

Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done - March 4, 2012 [Matthew 6:10]

 

Hallowed Be Thy Name - February 26, 2012 [Matthew 6:9] 

 

Needed: A Vision of the Risen Christ  - February 19, 2012 [Mark 9:2-10, Revelation 1:12-18]

 

Your Love Has Broken Every Barrier Down - February 12, 2012 [Ephesians 2:14-16; Galatians 3:28; "Mending Wall" by Robeert Frost]

 

A Brief Meditation on Deacon Ordination - February 5, 2012 [I Corinthians 9:19-23]

 

Who's Afraid of the Giants -January 29, 2012 [Numbers:13:17-33]

 

Inescapable - January 22, 2012 [Psalm 139: 1-16]

  

The Voice - January 15, 2012 [I Samuel 3:1-20]

 

Who Worships and Who Doesn't - January 8, 2012  [Matt 2:1-12]

  

How Do You Feel About "New"? - January 1, 2012 [Revelations 21:1-6]

   

The Innkeeper's Pride - December 18, 2011 [Luke 2:1-8]

  

Joy and Justice - December 11, 2011 [Luke 1:39-56]

  

God in a Body -  December 4, 2011 [Collosians 1:19, 2:9]

  

Tear Open the Sky and Come Down - November 27, 2011 [Isaiah 64:1-6]

  

Seeing But Not Seeing - November 20, 2011 [Luke 10:25-37]

  

The Connection Between the Story and the Offering - November 13, 2011 [Deuteronomy 26:1-11]

 

 Ownership vs. Stewardship - November 6, 2011 [Luke 12:13-21]

 

 You Are Fully Known and Deeply Loved - October 30, 2011 [Titus 3:3-4]

 

 The Faith of the Founders vs. Moralistic Therapeutic Deism - October 23, 2011 [Roll Call Sunday]

  

Guard the Good Treasure - October 16, 2011 [Timothy 1:1-14]

 

Praying for Our Enemies - October 9, 2011 [Luke6:27-28]

  

What Is It That Makes Us One? - October 2, 2011 [Ephesians 4:4-6] 

  

A Parable of Unreturned Phone Calls - Septmeber 25, 2011 [Luke 18:1-8]

  

Breakfast with Jesus - September 18, 2011 [Guest Speaker the Rev. Marie Carpenter]

  

Death Has Climbed in Through Our Windows - September 11, 2011 [Jeremiah 9:17-24]

  

Hospitality on Four Floors - September 4, 2011 [Genesis 18:1-15]

  

What Does It Mean to Seek God? - August 28, 2011 [ Psalm 63:1; Matthew 6:33]

  

Hope for the Captive - August 21, 2011 [Speaker, Summer Intern Amanda Black]

  

Woe to Some, Good New to Others - August 14, 2011 [Guest Speaker, the Rev. Jim Wallis]

  

His Sacrifice and Others - August 7, 2011 [Romans 10:9-10,12:1-2, Ephesians 5:1-2]

  

A Theology of the Blues - July 31, 2011 [Psalm 77]

  

The Servant Church - July 24, 2011 [Mark 10:35-45]

  

Unity and the Incarnation of God - July 17, 2011 [Speaker, Summer Intern Amanda Black]

  

What Language Shall I Borrow? - July 10, 2011 [Romans 8:26, Genesis 11:1]

  

Free for What? - July 3, 2011 [Galatians 5:13]

 

 Trusting the Promise in the Midst of the Test - June 26, 2011 [Genesis 22:1-14]

  

Describing the One We Have Come to Know: Beyond Default Unitarianism - June 19, 2011 [Matthew 28:16-20]

  

Pentecost's True Color - June 12, 2011 [guest speaker, the Rev Terry Minchow-Proffitt]

  

Christ Who FIlls the Universe - June 5, 2011 [Ephesians 4:10]

  

The Command to Remember - May 29, 2011 [Deuteronomy 8:1-20]

 

Welcoming Children and Welcoming Jesus - May 22, 2011 [Matthew 18:1-6, 10-14; 19:13-15]

  

What Does It Mean That Jesus Is Alive?  - May 15, 2011 [I Corithians 15:17-26] 

  

Whose Story Do We Believe? - May 8, 2011 [Luke 15:11-32]

 

Looking for Peace and Finding Forgiveness - May 1, 2011 [Guest Speaker the Rev Marlene Gil]

 

Expecting to Find Only Death - April 24, 2011 [John 20:1-2, 11-18]

 

Rejoicing in the Shadow of the Cross - April 17, 2011 [Matthew 21:1-16]

 

Resurrection, Already - April 10, 2011 [John 11:1-45]

  

The Brightness of Sorrow - April 3, 2011 [Guest Speaker Dr. Scott Cairns]

 

 Look and Live - March 27, 2011 [Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-16]

 

Is It Too Late to Start Over? - March 20, 2011, Lent 2 [John 3:1-10]

 

 Is It I, Lord? - March 13, 2011, Lent 1 [Matthew 26:20-22 and 31-35]

 

You Are Building a House - March 6, 2011 [Matthew 7:21-29]

 

When We Feel Forgotten - February 27, 2011 [Isaiah 49:14-16]

  

Jesus in Tahrir Square: Nonviolence as Response to Evil - February 20, 2011 [Matthew 5:38-48]

  

Love and Loss - February 13, 2011 [Hosea 2:14-23]

  

The Justice League and the Mercy Squad - February 6, 2011 [Matthew 5:13-16, Isaiah 58:1-9a]

  

What Does God Want? - January 30, 2011 [Micah 6:6-8]

  

Beyond Civility to Christian Speech - January 23, 2011 [Ephesians 4:25-5:2]

 

 Rediscovering the Basics - January 9, 2011 [Nehemiah 8:1-14]

 

 Letting Baby Jesus Grow Up - January 2, 2011 [Luke 2:22-52]

 

God Became What We Are - December 26, 2010 [John 1:1-14]

 

What Kind of Peace? - December 19, 2010 [Luke 2:8-20]

 

A New Kind of Righteousness - December 5, 2010 [Matthew 1:18-25]

 

 The Upside-Down Kingdom - November 28, 2010 [Luke 1:46-56]

 

The Feeling at the Heart of the Christian Life - November 21, 2010 [Colossians 3:15-17]

 

Remembered for Generosity - November 14, 2010 [Mark 14:3-9]

 

 What the Reformation Was All About - October 31, 2010 [Romans 3:21-28]

  

God is Near the Brokenhearted - October 24, 2010 [Psalm 34:18]

 

 Three Meanings of Roll Call - October 17, 2010, Roll Call Sunday

  

Restoring the Harbor - September 19, 2010 [Nehemiah 2:1-6 and 11:18]

 

 Deciding to Know One Thing - September 5, 2010 [1 Corinthians 2:1-5, 1:18-25]

 

 The Task of Our Later Years is Testimony - August 22, 2010 [Psalm 71:18 NIV]

  

Being Honest in Prayer - August 15, 2010 [Psalm 31:9-24, Luke 18:9-14]

  

Life as a Response to God - August 8, 2010 [Genesis 5:1-12, Exodus 3:1-10, Mark 1:16-20, Acts 16:6-10]

  

Can Humanity Be Transformed?  - August 1, 2010 [Luke 9:28-36]

 

 The Difference Between a Body and a Club - July 25, 2010 [1 Corinthians 12:4-18]

  

Disaster, Repentance, and One More Chance - July 18, 2010 [Luke 13:1-9]

 

The Feast of Freedom as an Act of Defiance - July 4, 2010 [Exodus 6:1-13, Luke 22:1-16]

  

God Is Not Far, But Not Everything - June 27, 2010 [John 1:1-18]

 

As a Father Has Compassion for His Children - June 20, 2010 [Psalm 103:13]

  

Dominion and Servanthood and Oceans - June 6, 2010 [Genesis 1:9-10 and 20-23, Daniel 9:7]

  

What the Trinity Says About Suffering - May 30, 2010 [Hebrews 2:10-18 and 4:14-16, Revelation 5:6-14]

 

 Hot Heads and Wild Words - May 23, 2010, Pentecost [Acts 2:1-18]

  

Jesus and His Mother - May 9, 2010 [John 19:25-27]

  

A Table in the Battle - May 2, 2010 [Psalm 23]

 

 Lifting Up Those Who Fall - April 25, 2010 [Galatians 6:1-2, John 21:15-19]

 

 Two Ways of Looking at the Island - April 18, 2010 [Matthew 9:35-10:1]

 

A Word from Cleopas - April 11, 2010 [Luke 24:13-35]

  

The Failure of Faith and the Triumph of God - April 4, 2010, Easter Sunday [Luke 24:1-12]

  

Admirers or Followers?  - March 28, 2010, Palm Sunday [Luke 19:28-40]

  

The Parable of the Dysfunctional Family  - March 14, 2010 [Luke 15:11-32]

 

 An Open Invitation - March 7, 2010 [Isaiah 55:1-2 and 6-7]

 

 How To Pray When We Are Down  - February 28, 2010 [Psalm 42-43]

  

David Teaches Us How to Repent - February 21, 2010 [Psalm 51, 2 Samuel 11:1-12:13]

 

 What We Are Left With, In the End - February 14, 2010 [1 Corinthians 13]

 

 If Jesus is Our Model for Giving  - February 7, 2010 [2 Corinthians 8:1-9]

 

 The Answer to Prayer We May Not Want to Hear  - January 31, 2010 [2 Corinthians 12:1-10]

  

Announcing a Reconciliation That Has Already Happened  - January 24, 2010 [2 Corinthians 5:18-20]

  

Perplexed, But Not Driven to Despair - January 17, 2010, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday [2 Corinthians 4:6-10]

  

Letting the Impossible Happen to Us - December 13, 2009 [Luke 1:26-38]

  

Christmas Is About Receiving - December 6, 2009 [Titus 3:3-5, John 1:1-10]