Category: Sermons

Today's gospel lesson is about a fox let loose in the henhouse. And if you have ever owned hens, then you know how much damage a loose fox can do. The fox is the tetrarch of Galilee and son of Herod the Great, Herod Antipas. At several points throughout this Gospel, Luke inserts reminders of [...]

A few weeks ago, Sheldon Wolin passed away. For those unfamiliar, Wolin was a political theorist who is best known for starting the Berkeley School of political theory. He mentored many of the most prominent teachers of political theory today such as Cornell West and Wendy Brown. And out of all the theologians, all the [...]

Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return. In a few moments, these words will be spoken over you as I ash your foreheads or your hands. Tonight, I have one question for us: What might it mean for us to receive these words as a blessing, as a word from God meant [...]

We like to think of God calling us as something intimate, as something gentle, as something comforting. We have all seen the Hallmark cards with God's words to Jeremiah: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.” We long for these words of consolation to [...]

The forces of nature regularly remind us of the danger of water. In the past decade or so, we have seen major tsunamis devastate India, Indonesia, Sir Lanka, and Japan. Closer to home, we have faced two of the most damaging hurricanes in modern human history. The people of Louisiana and New England know quite [...]

Guide us, God of love, by your Word and Holy Spirit, that in your light, we may see light, in your truth, find freedom, and in you, discover peace. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen   Today we celebrate Epiphany Sunday – the feast day which celebrates that God the Son appeared as a human [...]

Last week during children's story, Pam told the story of Jane Addams – the pioneer in American settlement reform, in promoting children's health and wellbeing, an advocate for women's rights and the wonderful disruptor for peace. But what really struck me during Pam's story was how it was one experience which happened when she was [...]