(Sermon preached August 3, 2025) Ezekiel 37:1-14 leads us to a valley of dry scattered bones; a valley of desolation and despair. God asks, "Can these bones live?"

Powerful Song: Dry Bones

Illumination from the St. John's Bible

(Sermon preached July 27, 2025) This sermon asks the question, "What are you living for?" Isaiah 58:1-12 gives us some guidance - if we can hear it.

(Sermon preached July 20, 2025) Jeremiah is a prophet ready to quit. The job is too hard, too costly, and seemingly futile. But he can't quit, because there is a holy fire burning inside of him. See Jeremiah 20:7-13.

(Sermon preached July 6, 2025) Micah 6:1-8 is a courtroom drama. God is indicting the rich and powerful elite of Jerusalem and Samaria. The people reply, "What's it going to take to appease you?" Micah answers - DO Justice, LOVE Kindness, WALK Humbly with God.

(Sermon preached June 29, 2025) Amos names the sin of economic injustice. God doesn't want our religious performance, God wants a righteousness that results in justice for all.

(Sermon preached June 15, 2025) This sermon uses Jonah's anger at God's mercy toward the Ninevites to challenge our instinct for vengeance and exclusion, asking whether we can accept a God whose grace extends even to those we most resent. It invites listeners to engage a spiritual practice of naming their own "Ninevites" and praying to see them through the lens of divine compassion. (Jonah 3:10-4:11)

(Sermon preached June 1, 2025) Psalm 8 is the outpouring of someone who is wonderstruck. This sermon invites you to a daily practice of being wonderstruck. It will change your life!

(Sermon preached May 25, 2025) The Book of Hebrews was written to a beleaguered community. Some were falling away, some were stalling out. After some teaching and scolding, the writer of Hebrews delivers a pep talk, calling for faith and perseverance by naming those who have gone before us and now cheer us on. Who inspires us? Who may we inspire?

(Sermon preached May 18, 2025) The Book of Revelation isn't a horror story - it is a hope story. It exposes the evils of empire and invites us to imagine God's alternative. Revelation 21:1-6 invites us to engage holy imagination as an act of prophetic defiance.

(Sermon preached May 11, 2025) Psalm 23 gives us a powerful portrait of God obscured by Christian nationalism and the heaven/hell framework. Don't wait for the next funeral you attend to embrace God's radical love.