In this Christmas Eve sermon (recorded on Zoom) we talk about how God intrudes far away from the typical centers of power and about how, likely, it wasn’t a silent night (because babies and animals), but that it’s still right to sing about the calming peace of God in Christ.

In this sermon we look Mary; her powerful son of revolution; and how bring down the mighty and lifting up the lowly is not a reversal of power positions, but a bringing together of that which has been separated and a breaking of the system that makes such power over others possible in the first place. 

In this sermon we look at the witness of John the Baptist; the importance of his location in the wilderness where he called people to transformation; and his practical advice about how to live in the midst of broken systems and how at every moment, even in our flawed efforts, we point to Christ.

In this sermon we talk about how Zechariah’s song ends in a great crescendo about peace. With the help of Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, we look at the power of making peace through truth-telling, forgiveness, and the long road of reconciliation.

In this sermon we return to the question of what our reference points are. What gives us our bearings, what we are looking to when everything feels like it's changing, and what we hope for for the future. 

In this sermon we look at a key refrain from the wisdom literature about fear as the beginning of wisdom. We explore the understanding of fear in terms of paying attention, both to God and to the creation. We consider how paying attention to the ordinary things of life trains us to pray. 

In this sermon we look at the story of Esther, the righteous thirty-sixers, and the ordinary moments we are given to save the world.

In this sermon we look at the word mercy, taking our cues from Micah’s context and reading them through the lens of a story by Bryan Stevenson.

In this sermon we look at the entire story of the book of Exodus as a paradigm for the soul’s journey of coming to know and love God. 

In this sermon we talk about famous rivalries, bad neighbors, Jacob and Esau, the prodigal’s father, and the goal of neighboring.