We are homegrown and everything about us comes from the time, talents, treasure, and beauty of this community. We are a community practicing radical hospitality that loves each other and it is a principle we are dedicated to. The problems of this world are spiritual, and together, we make steps to rectify these matters in the homegrown ways we know and believe in. We have plenty to grieve—but like the widow—we keep going relentlessly. Sermon begins at 14:25.

Fight like hell, don’t stop until you lose…for your defeat is your victory…your peace and your blessing. Sermon begins at 13:59.

Today, we are joined by the Belmont Chamber Singers, under the leadership of Dean Entsminger

Not only is waiting “for” God a faithful response and a means to spiritual growth, we are also urged to wait “on” God. In other words, our seemingly small mustard seed-like faith takes root, and is nourished, and mysteriously grows when we accept the divine invitation to be Waiters "on" God. Sermon begins at 12:15.

How do we open our eyes to truth? We need to wake up; we need to pay up; we need to shake up. There is a cost to the work of seeing in this world for what it is. Then, we have to work toward the dream that is for us all, toward this Beloved Community, and then we realize that all this work—it frees us! The light we receive frees us all! We are changed by awakening to the world and her needs. When you see the light and you’re willing to pay—all of our systems get shaken up. Sermon begins at 12:37.

Where do you put your trust? There is deep suffering when we buy into a system the pursues profit at all costs. How do we insert ourselvess to disrupt this system? Sermon begins at 10:45.

Jesus' parable of the Lost Sheep and Lost Coin make clear that no one is a Number--everyone counts! Sermon begins at 12:10.

The return on investment in our live and in the lives of others as it relates to freedom—is surrender. The cost of freedom is surrender. You get to see love in a friend’s eyes. Through a hug. We glimpse it in the face of God and it is a gift. We surrender to Love together. Sermon begins at 14:00.

Radical Curiosity is part and parcel of our utter depencende on God and of God’s invitation to all of us to attend this great supper. Sermon begins at 14:55.

There are hindrances on the spiritual lives that can slow our progress that in themselves may not be sins. We benefit from life inventories—from gathering our thoughts on what we are doing—that could be slowing us down spiritually. What behaviors prevent me from running the race that is set before me? Sermon begins at 15:13.

Consider learning to set our hearts on Jerusalem; on a love so big that it helps us to love this world in even bigger ways. You can be courageous, you can walk in greater meaning, and you can be a bold and generous lover of this world. Sermon begins at 13:50.