Sermons

I want to acknowledge, first, that we have had some emotionally heavy Sundays over the last few weeks, as we imagine our hopes for the future, especially our hopes related to racial justice and undoing white supremacy. We’ve packed in the possibilities, since the beginning of our series with John Read more…

I attended a meeting of the Interfaith Round Table this week on Speaking the Truth. And I was a little anxious going in because I went with an agenda. I’m convinced that one of the most important elections in our County for sometime could happen this Tuesday when we decide Read more…

by John Powell Revelation 7:9; John 4:1-15 While out for my weekly sequestered drive, I saw a billboard displaying a partially rephrased quote by Oscar Wilde that says, ‘All Sinners have a Future” . . . and on the opposite side it reads, “All Saints have A Past”. I read Read more…

July 5, 2020 2 Corinthians 8:8-15 Isaiah 43:16-21 Our next scripture for this morning is 2 Corinthians 8:8-15. And I want to preface it a little bit, because in the progressive American church, we tend to treat Paul like the original Bernie Bro—someone who stans for a peace-and-justice ideology, but Read more…

Cinda Nofziger Working from home at this time, for me anyway, is fraught, complex, contradictory. I am intensely grateful to be working from home, to still have an excellent job, and to lessen my exposure and my chances of exposing others. Nonetheless working from home isn’t always easy.  It isn’t Read more…

Eric BettisJune 21. 2020 The days of the pandemic have left no family or community untouched. We’ve all had to stop and take stock of what’s necessary and important, as many of both the little things and the biggest challenges of everyday life no longer seem quite as dependable, and Read more…