On this beautiful messy faith journey called life.
An Epiphany throwback sermon that I preached at Hope UCC back in 2009: As many of you know, I watch too many children’s movies, especially those made by Disney and Pixar. So it will probably come as no shock to you that when I was thinking about what to say to you this morning aboutRead More
A few weeks ago our church kicked off a new Mission and Justice focus about Sacred Conversations on Race. Our first Sunday with this new theme was Epiphany Sunday. This sermon, preached at Hope UCC on January 10, 2016 attempted to use the story of the Three Wise Men as a guide for our upcomingRead More
We say grace, a prayer of thanks for our food, before most meals at our house. More often than not, our kids say the prayer. At first this was so cute. Now this is more of a race then anything. Who can say the grace first and who can say it as fast as possibleRead More
Multisensory Prayer Stations The goal of worship/prayer stations are to allow people to experience God in multiple ways, using the ways that they learn best and allowing them to make connections with the world and each other. At least once a quarter, and sometimes more often depending on how they might fit in, instead ofRead More
Preached on 11/15/15 Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:4-20, 1 Samuel 2:1-10 This morning’s scripture is a story from the book of Samuel. It is a story of how Samuel, the man and prophet, came to be. It is the story of Samuel’s mother Hannah, who was married to a husband who loved her dearly but couldn’t makeRead More
Prayers for the 5th Sunday in Pentecost (year B): This Call to Worship was written with inspiration from Mustard Seed, a lectionary based ideas resource for worship leaders. Call to Worship One: Do any of us dare come into God’s presence during this service? All: I am new here. I have been here forever. IRead More
This Sunday is Pentecost. One of the holiest days of the church calendar. The day the church was born, the Spirit flew free, and God showed that even though Jesus was no longer with his friends in body, he would always be with them in new and amazing ways. For one of my seminary classesRead More
For many of us who grew up in the modern worldview our theological understandings and biblical approaches were built as if they were a brick wall. Throughout Sunday school, confirmation, and adult education classes, we built that wall brick by brick with what we understood to be truths and ways of looking at the world.Read More
Preached February 2014. Scripture was Isaiah 58:1-9 and Matthew 5:13-20 Once upon a time I used to think that there was no way I could ever be a minister. Because to be a minister I would have to be holy. I’m not sure what exactly I meant by “holy”, I’m not sure I could giveRead More