In this sermon we consider the importance of how we tell time and what it means for Christ to reign over our days.

In this sermon we conclude our look at the Sermon on the Mount. We talk about the metaphors Jesus ends with as an invitation to switch stories, to find our role within the story of God.

In this sermon we consider Jesus’ teaching about specks and logs in eyes, pearls before pigs, and what it means to ask, seek, and knock. We do this with the help of David Foster Wallace and his parable about fish. We consider what it means to become people capable of paying attention to what is often hidden just beneath the surface of our ordinary lives. This is to become compassionate people, people who want goodness for others.

In this sermon we talk about nature (birds, lilies, trees) as thin places where we sense God’s presence, a place where the veil between heaven and earth seems a little more see through and God a little more present. We consider what Wendell Berry’s reflection on trees has to teach us in this, and how a quote from a poet helped me understand why God seems more present in nature. We close with a reflection from the desert fathers and mothers (and the movie Contact) about what it means to detach from the world for the sake of better embracing it.

In this sermon we consider the connection between our inner and outer lives through Jesus’ teaching about giving, praying, and fasting. We consider what it means first to desire God, how to cultivate a desire for God, and how that flows out in our actions.

In this sermon we consider what it means for Jesus to fulfill the law and how he calls us to live in light of the end that God is makes possible in him.

In this sermon we look at Jesus’ teaching about being salt and light. We connect it to the Old Testament prophets who called God’s people to embody justice. And we have some fun doing this through the lamed-vavniks of the Jewish mystical tradition and a comedy bit about green eggs and ham.

In this sermon, Greg Ehlert walks us through the beatitudes and what it means to follow Jesus in light of them.

In this sermon consider Wendell Berry’s poem, The Farm, as a metaphor for the soul, looking particularly at what it means to tend to the soil of our lives.

In this sermon we consider our very divisive culture and what it means to love your neighbor.