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There is a radical nature about following God: about saying YES. Mary said yes to the angel and life change. When we say yes to God, our lives change. When we say yes to another person our hearts open in ways we never before imagined. We are given words that burst out of us without warning — all of a sudden — from the very core of our being, unbidden and startling …they erupt from that place deep within us …taking on a life of their own which transform us and change others.

Sermon by Jeff Gaines on Luke 1.39-55 recorded on Advent IV, December 20, 2015.

Confronted by John the Baptist, and in conversation with the life and work of inventor, Dean Kamen, the question is asked, “What do you need to face on your way to peace?”

Sermon by Jenna Meyers recorded December 13, 2015. This sermon is a reflection on Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Luke 3:7-18.

Advent is a place of ‘suspension' between what is and what will be as we seek our true home in the love of God.

Sermon by the Rev. Andy Shamel on Isaiah 40.1 and Luke 3.1-6 recorded on December 6, 2015.

You are invited to consider how they might be a miracle by your generosity, hospitality and faithfulness. Sermon by the Rev. Jeff Gaines on the First Sunday of Advent based on Jeremiah 33.14-18 & Mark 21.25-36 recorded on November 29, 2015.

We are invited to look at what it means to live a life as "thanks beings"… constantly aware of the little, everyday, ordinary events in out lives. Sermon by Dr. Lisa Fullam on Matthew 6.25-33 recorded on November 22, 2015.

With wars and rumors of wars, a message of hope is heard from an ancient community. This sermon is a reflection on Psalm 16:5-11 and Mark 13:1-11 following the attacks on Paris. Sermon by Jenna Meyers recorded November 15, 2015.

Reflecting on the “risky business” of vulnerability and human connection, the question is asked, “Do you really want to be known?”

Sermon by the Rev. Scott Clark, Associate Dean and Chaplain of San Francisco Theological Seminary, recorded November 8th, 2015. This sermon is a reflection on Psalm 139 and is in conversation with scholar, Brene Brown, and theologian, Howard Thurman.

Sermon by Jenna Meyers on Job 42:1-6 (and Job more generally) and Mark 10:46-52 recorded October 25th, 2015.

This sermon is in conversation with scholars Raymond Scheindlin and Shaye J.D. Cohen. Playing with the interwoven images of the (Bartimeaus) blind beggar narrative, a relationship is developed to the modern audience, as well as to the Marcan community, who likely heard the story around the fall of the second temple. One of those images is of Jerricho and the walls tumbling down. When there was no reason to hope, their hope in a promised land was realized. Remembering Jerricho, the Marcan community might have found renewed “sight” of hope as they were facing loss and devastation of their own. In both Mark and Job, and potentially for us, hope is found within community and resiliency through story.

We are invited to be real, honest and human regarding our loses.

Sermon by the Rev. Ellen Rankin on John 11.32-44 recorded on All Saints Sunday, November 1, 2015.

Sermon by Joan Huff on Job 38 and Mark 10.35-45 recorded Oct.18.2015