Brothers and Sisters, In our Lenten class and sermon series, “Confronting Mammon with Jesus,” we continue to be confronted with the ubiquity of Mammon. Exploring and expounding on how thoroughly ingrained Mammon is in the logic of our day in and day out lives is…
Co-conspiring With the Divine
Church, What would it mean for your heart to be co-conspiring with the Divine even at a level beyond your awareness? What would be different if we were as aware of our potential for accidental good as we are aware of our potential for accidental…
Praying for Our New Vestry Candidates
This past Sunday we announced that Donna Romack, MaryEllen Pitts, and Brent Croxton have been nominated to serve a 3-year term on our Vestry. I realize that, especially considering the pandemic, some of you may not have had an opportunity to connect with these amazing…
Staying Together Through this Covid Wave
Brothers and Sisters, Last night, as I was picking up Remy’s birthday dinner on my way home from work (he requested burgers btw) a memory popped into my head that stopped me in my tracks for a minute. I had a sort of flashback to…
Leaning Into Waiting
In Advent, we participate in a season of waiting. We are waiting for Christmas, and in this way we bear witness to Israel’s story of waiting for the birth of the Messiah. We are also longingly waiting on all things to be set right at…
Raised to Life Together
In the sermon this past Sunday, we reflected on the story of Lazarus’ resurrection in John 11 and we heard the good news proclaimed that: “Christ, the beginning and the end… the God who weeps and also wipes away every tear… the God who dies also swallows…
Rescued From Calling Evil ‘Good’
Church, This past Sunday we heard it proclaimed that Jesus is rescuing us from participating in systems that call evil ‘good.’ We looked specifically at the logic of Mammon in the story of the Rich Young Ruler. That Christ is rescuing us from these systems means that…
God’s Spirit is On You
When preparing a sermon I often find myself conflicted about how much attention to give each passage. Preaching from the lectionary, we read four passages each week: Old Testament, Psalm, New Testament, and Gospel. Oftentimes, one passage will come front and center during preparation and…
Abiding in Christ Through Prayer
Brothers & Sisters, This past Sunday, we heard the good news that amidst exhaustion and desolation Jesus is calling out to you and his command is to abide and eat – in your surrender he is sustaining you and drawing you into the very life of…
David’s Ungodly Habits of Power
Church, Mallory spent time in her sermon this past Sunday illuminating a reading of the story of Bathsheba and David that, in my experience at least, has been largely overlooked. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet you can check it…
