Trevor Bechtel

A sermon by Trevor Bechtel on Sept 24, 2023 in reference to Shalom CC’s Reparative Act

Sept 3 2023 – Trevor Bechtel provides a reading and reflection on “Heat is not a Metaphor” by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

A Sermon by Trevor Bechtel on July 23, 2023 Good morning,  Last Sunday at our worship in the park Jen lead us in a excellent service focused on some of the ways our beliefs might have changed. It was a rich morning for me. I enjoyed talking in a small Read more…

A Sermon by Trevor Bechtel on May 14 2023 Good morning,  It’s appropriate for me to begin today with a story about my mother, on this mother’s day. The story is relatively simple, but it’s also a good staring point for these reflections.As a teenager–and I was a teenager well Read more…

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…

The practice of adult baptism grounds the entire theological endeavor. Adult baptism is voluntary, inclusive, and abundant. It begins faith, responds to God affirmatively, encourages repentance, and creates both a new community and a new world.