Blessed Eastertide, Church! The season of Easter has begun! It helps me that the weather is cooperating this year: our warm-up corresponds with the season of Easter conveniently. Easter isn’t just a day; it’s a season that lasts 50 days! Lenting well is best followed…
Mammon Demands Child Sacrifice
Church, I was all set to write up a reflection on Lent and expand on the good news I proclaimed on Sunday about women leading the Church from the beginning, but I can’t bring myself to write it this morning. This week, 6 people were…
College of Preachers is Wrapped (For Now)
Dear sisters and brothers, We just wrapped up our college of preachers the last 3 Sundays. If you had to miss or didn’t hear I encourage you to give a listen: We’ve done the college of preachers several times over the last few years, each…
Learning to Walk in the Light of Truth
Dear Church, 2023 is upon us! And we are in the season of Epiphany, a time of illumination and instruction where we learn from Christ how to walk in the light of truth. My question for us at this time is: What teaching or instruction…
God With Us
Dear Church, As we approach Christmas let us keep in mind: God chose to enter the human story in a poor family, from the marginalized region of Galilee, at a time of intense colonial oppression, to parents who suffered shame because of his birth, to…
Jesus Reclaims All of Creation
Dear Church, We begin Advent this week, a time of preparation to receive the incarnation of Jesus Christ anew at Christmas. We talked about groaning and lament this past Sunday. Here, again, is what I preached on Romans 8:15-25: The good news is that the…
Next Steps in Our Affiliation Process
Church, I write you this letter with a full heart: it’s been a long discernment process for our denominational affiliation, and I’m glad we are through the meat of it. For those wondering, here are next steps for us: 1) Our initial affiliation with the…
Making Use of Dishonest Wealth
Dear Church, I’ve been back from sabbatical now almost 2 months and continue to be thankful for the rest I enjoyed this summer and the honor it is to serve you as Priest. Our sermon from last Sunday was a well known, but often misunderstood,…
Gospeling One Another (Core Practices)
Church, It’s good to be back from my mini-sabbatical. I plan to share a bit more at our all church meeting this Sunday (Aug 14 from 4-6pm), so suffice it to say: my heart is full, the rest was sweet, and I’m energized to reenter…
My Upcoming Mini-Sabbatical
Church, This past Sunday we talked about how New Creation, the eternal life to which we are called, is about God’s presence and power at work in our world. This is why we tend to and enter into Kairos moments: to discover how God’s future…
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