Worship & Sermon Archive
Enjoy past sermons and services with videos and notes below.
Through the Wilderness
As we look towards Christmas and the embodiment of God, the Word made flesh (John 1:1) how powerful it is to share together the body of Christ.
The Begats, Embodied & Building Begats
Today we begin a new Christian year, a new cycle of grace. After a week of horrible, hateful senseless shootings, targeting the LGBTQIA community...
You Should Be Committed
What always strikes me about the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats is how mystified the righteous 'sheep' are at the praise from Jesus?
Don’t Look Away
Whenever I read this week’s passage from Mark, I can’t help but notice the effort of the friends of the paralyzed man to get him to Jesus. Long walk?
Looking Forward
With these words Jesus shows us that life stretches on after death. And so, we come to All Saints Sunday secure in the knowledge that all those imperfect saints...
Showing Up With Our Shortcomings: Loved Into Freedom
Poor Zacchaeus, if we know anything about him it's this: the dude was short. He was 'short in stature'. And evidently he was a bit short on ethics as well...
Behold and Beheld
To know something by feeling it in your body -- something we all experience but we don’t all talk about.
Worship for October 16, 2022
An Impatient Persistence Sunday, October 16 at 11 am | Bulletin “Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.” Luke 18:1 Jesus came to teach us to love, to save us from ourselves, and to announce the web of interconnectedness he called the Kin-dom of God. […]
On the Move
I love being an immigrant to this country (most days). My experience as a British-born Nigerian immigrant informs and shapes my experiences as an American.
Faith and Faithfulness
Who wouldn't like a bit more faith? Especially after the past several years, which seemed to require every scrap of faith we could muster.
R.S.V.P.
Welcome Back Sunday! You are cordially invited to a celebration of God’s abundant love and extravagant welcome.
Laboring in Love
Lots of news lately concerning something near and dear to many: our jobs! We hear about 'quiet quitting' (which is, basically, doing but not overdoing your job).
Laboring in Love
This Sunday is September 11th, a date that still scars and sears the memory for most of us. What loss we experienced that day, collectively and individually!
Laboring in Love
Happy Labor Day Weekend! 'Labor' has certainly taken on new meanings in our 'new normal' world.
Travel Mercies
I arrived last night (after a 23-hour flight!) from a week in Cape Town, South Africa with the Tutu Center and General Seminary.
A Living Prayer
This week in worship, we'll consider how prayer is an act of faith, of trust in God. We'll think about how we can live prayerfully, keeping alive...
Play to Pray
The Book of Genesis describes the fun God has in creating a world: making trees that are 'pleasant to look at and good for food', creating a human being...
Christmas in July!
Five months before Christmas, In the heat of July, we're celebrating Christmas, you've a right to know why!
Distractions, Distractions
This week we are going to be digging into two scriptures, one from the prophet Amos, and one from the Gospel of Luke.