Pastor Kelly points to Moses’ trip up Mount Sinai to the clouds and fire of God’s glory. He invites us to enter our own cloud of unknowing to reflect on the false stories we’ve believed about ourselves that we might emerge with a vision of the glorious essence we were born with.

Reflecting on Jesus’ instruction on reconciliation in Matthew 5, Pastor Kelly lifts up Tom Hanks’ performance as Mister Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” Following the sermon, Pastor Kelly leads us on an exercise in compassion that must start with each of us if we are ever going to move toward reconciliation with […]

Reflecting on the beginning of Isaiah 58, Pastor Kelly invites everyone to consider participating in an 8-week experiment in a Wesleyan-style class meeting small group.

A little child decided to have some fun running up and down and around the sanctuary while Pastor Kelly preached this sermon about what it means to carry the cross of Jesus.

He decided that it couldn’t have been choreographed better.

With so much bad news coming at us every day, sometimes we feel like the darkness is winning. Pastor Kelly reminds us of the hope and promise that all of God’s prophets preached alongside judgment and exile, including one of America’s most recent prophets Martin Luther King Jr.

The story of God’s salvation is still being written, and we are called to help write it.

On a cold day, when the heat was out in the sanctuary, Pastor Kelly shared about a determined turtle, Isaiah 9: 1-4 and our call to be courageous.

In contrast to Peter’s words in Acts 10, Pastor Kelly believes that God is indeed partial. The question is, to what?

Having just blessed the babies born in 2019 during worship, Pastor Kelly reflects on the story of Herod’s “slaughter of the innocents.” Through the threats and violence ordered by rulers, we continue to give our allegiance to God and God’s kingdom, even as we pray “Thy kingdom come.”

Reflecting on Isaiah 7:14, Pastor Kelly reminds us that Advent and Christmas are not just about a baby in a manger. Advent, especially, calls us to stay awake to watch for God’s in-breaking kingdom, and to work for it as we wait.

As he lifts the disparity between Isaiah 65 and our current reality, Pastor Kelly reminds us that what God has spoken is already coming to be. Even when we begin to feel overwhelmed, and even hopeless, we know that we are empowered to work with God to bring the promise that there will be no more needless suffering.