In this sermon we look at a concept present in the Scriptures that has to abiding, vigilance, a fixed point, holding fast, praying without ceasing; or as Psalm 1 puts it, being like a tree planted by streams of water. It has to do with staying put and letting the transformative work of God happen, even when you can’t see it happening.

In this sermon look at the idea of blessing in the bible. We consider what it means to want the fullness of life for others.

In this sermon we reflect on Jesus healing a woman on the Sabbath and why it was the absolutely most appropriate thing to do. 

In this sermon Nick Clarke invites us to remember. We are called to remember God, but also one another. He singles in on this recent pandemic season and the way so many people have felt lonely and disconnected as we come out of it. He urges us to remember our neighbor and the need we all have for connection.

In this sermon Kevin Portillo reflects on the book of Ephesians, practicing who you want to be in the future, and one time when he trained to climb a mountain.

In this sermon we consider what Paul means in his famous passage that Christ is before all things and in him all things hold together. With the help of Bonhoeffer, Yeats, a film called Gravity, and the James Webb Space telescope, we explore the modern predicament and how creation was meant to draw us into the life of God.

In this sermon we look through the lens of Ecclesiastes at the finiteness of all things in relation to the infinite and absolute reality of God, and we consider what it means to pray without the author of Psalm 139, that even in our finitude God is close and cares.

In this sermon we look at the controversy over Jesus saying that he is the bread of life. We consider his refusal of being a transactional, Santa Claus Messiah who gives us whatever we want in exchange for our devotion. We ask whether we are only reaching for the ‘bios’ kind of life, or beyond to the more fuller ‘zoe’ life. 

In this sermon we are called to lament after another mass shooting in the United States, this one taking place in Uvalde, Texas. We read this shooting through the lens of the ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is, as David Benjamin Blower says, an effort to drag our burdens through the street so that our hearts might break and things would change.