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In this sermon, Embrace the Unknowing, we explore the story of the man born blind in John 9 and the surprising contrast between those who claim certainty and the one who simply admits, “I don’t know.” While the religious leaders cling to their ideas about God, the healed man rests in the humility of experience: I was blind, but now I see. Reflecting on the limits of intellect, the wisdom of the mystics, and the practice of silence, this message invites us to loosen our grip on certainty and rediscover faith as trust, openness, and wonder.
In “Humans & Transhumanists,” Brett reflects on the Genesis story of Adam, Eve, and the serpent to explore what it means to be creatures in a technological age increasingly obsessed with transcendence. Reading the garden narrative not as science but as spiritual insight into the human condition, he connects the serpent’s promise — “You will not surely die… you will be like God” — to modern transhumanist visions of merging with machines and overcoming mortality. While affirming the genuine good technology can accomplish in reducing suffering, this sermon draws a thoughtful line between healing human limits and attempting to erase them altogether. Rather than grasping for control, mastery, and pseudo-immortality, Brett invites us to embrace our fragility, dependence, and embodied humanity as gifts — remembering that technology exists to serve creatures, not replace them.
In this sermon, “Are We Out of the Woods?”, Jesse reflects on the complicated baggage many of us carry into Lent — guilt, failed fasts, spiritual performance — and asks whether the wilderness is something to escape or something to learn from. Revisiting Jesus’ forty days in the desert, and drawing insight from everything from survival shows to contemplative writers, he explores why fasting is so difficult in a culture built on comfort and distraction. Rather than using Lent to prove our holiness, this episode reframes it as an invitation to face our fragility, sit with discomfort, and discover what truly sustains us when our usual comforts fall away.
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