Pastor Erina preaches for Ascension Sunday on the ways that Christ’s ascension frees us from nationalistic desires and visions. How might Christ’s ascension lead us away from allegiances to human empires, borders, and kings and toward a life as witnesses, empowered by the Holy Spirit?

Pastor Michael continues our Eastertide sermon by preaching from John 14 about the community of love shared in the Triune God and among creation. How might we find encouragement from the perichoretic energy of our God as we remember that Jesus does not leave us as orphans, and all are welcomed in?

Pastor Erina continues our Eastertide series by preaching from John 14 and reflecting on Jesus’ encouragement to his disciples in the midst of disorientation and departures. She challenges some common misinterpretations of John 14:2 and John 14:6 and invites us to consider how to inhabit a faith of many dwelling places, built upon expansive communion rather than boundaried containers.

Pastor Michael continues our Eastertide sermon series by preaching on the men on the road to Emmaus, focusing specifically on the experiences of their hearts burning at the telling of God's story. How might we also continue to engage the story of God and find ourselves within it? How might we experience our hearts burning in these times, especially as we cling to the hope of resurrection?

We enter into the Eastertide season by hearing community testimonies about the ways we are experiencing, practicing, and bearing witness to resurrection.

Pastor Erina preaches on Easter Sunday on the earth-shaking moment of resurrection, and all that is changed by it. How might we be called- like the women- to go and proclaim resurrection, holding both fear and joy? How might be woven into a long legacy of those who’ve proclaimed resurrection before us?

To see all of the historical quotes shared in our “cord of collective witness,” check out the images here.

Pastor Michael preaches on Palm Sunday from Mark 11, on how Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem highlights the conflict between two different kinds of marches- one that embodies Divine love and desire, and the other that enacts imperial control and surveillance. As we enter into Holy Week, how might we be invited to continue walking the liberating path of Jesus?

Pastor Erina continues our sermon series by preaching from Amos 8, which condemns the impulses toward multitasking on the Sabbath. How might we continue to embrace the way of Sabbath as a gift, rather than choosing the way of Pharoah which calls us to do more, be more, and produce more? How might we continue understanding the economic implications of the Sabbath, in conjunction with the spiritual ones?

Guest preacher, Rev. Lynice Pinkard preaches for us from Isaiah 56:3-8 by presenting two different ways of organizing the world: the logic of death systems which always closes doors, and the logic of God's kin-dom which always makes room. How might we join ourselves to Sabbath's call to widen the circle of belonging, as an act of resistance to Empire's impulse to shrink it?

Pastor Michael continues our Lenten series by preaching on the Sabbath as creation's expression of universal dignity- for all people as well as the land and all creatures. How might returning to the Sabbath allow us to resist exploitation as we remember the restless among us?