Good Shepherd New York

Parishioner, storyteller, and professional magician Tyler Schwartz remarks on the way in which Christ upended the idea of sin management.

In this sermon, Michael explores how Jesus resolves rival conceptions of sin. The priests emphasized purity and the prophets emphasized justice. These conceptions are firing on all cylinders today. But Jesus doesn’t appear to call for balance. He takes a side.

In this sermon by Drew Jackson we are challenged to unlearn a faith that clings to nostalgia and comfort and instead embrace faith as the uncomfortable preparation for a powerful movement of God’s love in the world. Check out the podcast for the full sermon!

On the third Sunday after Pentecost, Michael reengages a key distinctive of our church and asks: what does it mean to be missional? We see in Jesus’ sending of the twelve a powerful combination of compassion and receptivity —much needed in this moment.

On Trinity Sunday we examine what Dallas Willard called the “Great Omission” of American Christian spirituality which results in a refusal to acknowledge or dismantle white supremacy.

What does the story of Pentecost teach us about living in this crisis? It reaches us that God has endowed us with his own creativity so that we can work to bring about justice and peace and unity in the world.

Michael looks at how the last prayer of Jesus that we be “one” is not simply an aside but the central theme of his life and mission. How can we learn to embrace a spirituality that gets us to that oneness when our egos, empires and religions continue to create false unities?

Jesus promised help for the life of love in the form of God’s Spirit but what holds us back from this help? Michael explores the “unholy trinity” of the world, the flesh and the devil and what this language points to today.

In this sermon Jonathan Merritt asks “where is God when the world falls apart?” and wonders if the answer can be found on a seven mile stretch of road between Jerusalem and Emmaus.

On the 5th Sunday of Easter we celebrated Mother’s Day with a reflection on Jesus as mother hen and the power of his lament and invitation in light of Ahmaud Arbery’s story.