September 12, 2019 | Miller Chapel

Sermon: “The Blessing of Spiritual Poverty”

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-3

This is the beginning of a series of Thursday homilies on the Beatitudes. Each of them will attempt to get to the ironic twist I believe Jesus was offering. The first one stresses that those who are truly spiritual are only clear about their poverty of spirituality, which means it’s all about grace.

September 5, 2019 | Opening Communion in Miller Chapel

Sermon: “Scattered Languages”

Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9

Maybe God’s response to the Tower of Babel was a grace. We now have many languages. As Toni Morrison claimed, the calling of all people is to live in a world where not everyone speaks your tongue. This means you have to make room for others who will speak differently about even God.

September 4, 2019 | Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary

Address: “The Vocation of Voice”

Scripture Readings: Psalm 19 and Ephesians 4:25-32

Speaker: Dr. Nancy Lammers Gross, Arthur Sarrell Rudd Professor of Speech Communication in Ministry, Princeton Theological Seminary

July 16, 2019 | Black Theology & Leadership Institute: Food Justice

Sermon: “The Other Joseph Story”

Scripture passage: Genesis 47:13-25

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, community organizer, social entrepreneur, and senior pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland

July 18, 2019 | Black Theology & Leadership Institute: Food Justice

Sermon: “Work With Me”

Scripture passage: Genesis 2:7, 15-19

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, community organizer, social entrepreneur, and senior pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland

July 15, 2019 | Black Theology & Leadership Institute: Food Justice

Sermon: “Redeeming Deserted Places”

Scripture passage: Mark 6:30-42

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, community organizer, social entrepreneur, and senior pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland

July 14, 2019 | Black Theology & Leadership Institute: Food Justice

Sermon: “The Rules Don’t Work for Us”

Scripture passage: Numbers 27:1-8

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, community organizer, social entrepreneur, and senior pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland

June 29, 2019 | Log College Project Design Lab, from the Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary

Sermon: “The Deep”

Scripture Passage: Psalm 42:7-8

Preacher: The Rev. William H. Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.

June 28, 2019 | Log College Project Design Lab, from the Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary

Sermon: “Thirsty”

Scripture Passage: Psalm 42:1-2

Preacher: The Rev. William H. Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.

June 27, 2019 | Log College Project Design Lab, from the Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary

Sermon: “Blessed Are the Young”

Scripture Passage: 1 Samuel 3:1-21, Mark 10:13-15

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Amanda Hontz Drury, Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Indiana Wesleyan University