It's “Good Shepherd Sunday.” However, the Gospel lesson this year highlights a different saying of Jesus: “I am the gate” “The “gate?", you ask. "Is this passage about keeping people out?" No, says Rev. Ben DeHart. When Jesus calls himself “the gate” he's not about keeping out those who want in, but protecting the vulnerable from predators...

And yet, how often have I been unable to read the signs that in hindsight were all around? Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on Jesus and the disciples’ Road to Emmaus…

The disciples were locked away in fear, and, despite everything, Jesus didn't come to shame them, or condemn them, but to say "Peace be with you." (3 times!) Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the “Peace that passes all understanding…”

The story of the Exodus and the Resurrection of Jesus are not static events locked away in the past. God’s way with his people in each and every generation is to make a way out of no way. Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s Easter Sunday sermon…

In the movie "Saving Private Ryan," Tom Hanks' character tells Ryan to earn his sacrifice. Our Lord said something very different. Listen to Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon on the most solemn but efficacious day of the Christian year…

Much like Holy Communion, the foot washing story is first and foremost a picture of the passion of the Christ. Listen to Rev. Ben DeHart’s sermon to kick off the Triduum…

What does "Whiplash Sunday" teach us about human nature? What does “Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday” tell us about God? Check out Rev. Ben DeHart’s take…

The Rev. Ben DeHart's first sermon at St. John's, Park Slope.

(The service went so well!)

Check out this sample of the Rev. Ben DeHart's preaching from his days serving as the Canon for Parish Life at the Cathedral Church of the Advent…

This is a sample of the Reverend Ben DeHart's preaching from his days serving as the Canon for Parish Life at the Cathedral Church of the Advent