"The Triune life is not about control. It is not about silencing or purging or winning. It is about mutuality. It is about trust. It is about power freely given, not forcibly taken."

"The Holy Spirit descends upon those gathered in that house in Jerusalem, and she doesn’t return them to one language. Instead, she gives everyone a voice, and everyone hears and understands in all their different tongues. Difference is no threat here—not any longer. Difference is the very medium through which the Gospel is received!"

"At midnight, Paul and Silas sing their hearts out from their cell. Think about that for a second: they’ve been beaten for healing someone. Jailed. Humiliated. And they're singing their hymns in the darkness—not to earn their freedom but because they’re already free in the most important sense."

Two of our graduating seniors, Owen Swenson and Caitlyn Gable, speak about the impact of St. Paul's on their faith and life.

"As it turns out, God’s Spirit isn’t too interested in our systems of approval. She’ll show up in Gentile homes and Jewish temples, in the mouths of children, the arms of lovers, even in the chaos of a broken world. God’s Spirit jumps the fence before the Church can schedule a meeting to “discern” next steps. And who are we to hinder that?"

A sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter.

"The Gospel is not about winners. It’s about Jesus feeding a bunch of losers who didn’t catch a single fish all night."

-Robert Farrar Capon

A sermon for Easter Sunday. Excerpt: "Easter, my friends, is all about God’s life-giving, liberating, all-expenses-paid, no-reservation-needed, unconditional, unexpected, unwavering love."

Image: Kelly Latimore

A sermon for Good Friday. Excerpt: "If Jesus is who we claim he is, God does not merely hear about suffering or observe suffering; God endures the suffering."

A sermon for the fifth Sunday in Lent

A sermon for the fourth Sunday in Lent.