A Sermon by Trevor Bechtel on April 30 2023 I’d like to start this morning by telling you the story of Lauren Olamina. Lauren lives with her family in Robledo, California. Her father is a baptist preacher and her biological mother died a few years ago a victim of a Read more…
A Sermon during Lent called Donkey Politics by Trevor Bechtel Donkey Politics have a long history in this country. Beginning when Andrew Jackson chose to take the “jackass” epithet hurled at him by his opponents as a badge of honor and weave it into his campaign, and then etched into Read more…
A Sermon by Trevor Bechtel March 19 2023 No Coffee, the song we just listened to, is the lead single from Amber Coffman’s 2017 album City of No Reply. It’s Coffman’s first solo album. It’s a break up album but it’s also more than a break up album. I’m going Read more…
This is the audio from the sermon Jo Hatlem preached in candidacy for Shalom’s pastor.
Scripture Reading and Reflections – Max Eckard As we planned today’s service, Trevor and I thought that the model Jodie and Nelson offered last week of diving into the lectionary text with scripture readings, reflections, and a message seemed to work relatively well, and so we’re repeating it today. I’ll Read more…
I’ve always known that that song by the B’52’s was a good song. I knew it the first time I heard it walking around the dorms at college. I knew it, but I didn’t really like it. It was 1989, I was 21, and leaning in hard to being as Read more…
Shalom is currently developing a more detailed list of procedures for responding to reports of abuse. We recognize that the local church is not competent to adjudicate reports of abuse. These accountability structures are in place at Shalom : The pastors are charged with pastoral care, and this includes hearing Read more…
