In this sermon we return to Paul's beautiful words from Ephesians about how all things are summed up in Christ, or recapitulated as we say. There's bits about home, new, driving, hiking, baseball, camping, and a junkyard I would visit as a kid. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we look at the story of Simeon and Anna meeting Jesus as a baby, exploring the connection between Christmas and Holy Week, and how our joy can increase even though we don't see the whole picture. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon return to the story of Jesus' birth. We talk about what it means to break the script, rethinking where exactly Jesus was born (hint: not in an inn but a home), and what that might teach us about welcoming, hospitality, connection, and joy, all of which break the script of our increasingly isolated and fragmented world. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we continue our Advent series around the question of how can a weary world rejoice? We talk about Mary's song the magnificat, the history that precedes it in the Bible, what it means to sing even imperfectly of God's goodness because you never know what will come of it, and all this with help from the story of how Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" came to be in existence. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we continue our Advent series around the question of how can a weary world rejoice? We talk about the relationship between joy and being amazed and what it means to pay attention, about the crowds in this story as they get caught up in the events of John's birth, how they teach us to be amazed, how it's possible not to enjoy a sunset, how our phones are changing the way we watch television, why nature is so important to joy, and Mary Poppins. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we continue our Advent series around the question of how can a weary world rejoice? We talk about how weariness turns to joy through our connection to God and each other, that the presence of others helps us embrace the joy that we might be unable to receive. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we begin the Advent season around the question of how can a weary world rejoice? We look at a poem by Rev. Sarah speed about embracing grief and weariness as a part of what it means to arrive at joy. We look at the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth and the weariness they experienced that made them ready to receive God's joyful news that they will have their first child. We talk about how only those who have embraced their weariness can fully embrace the joy of God's arrival in Jesus. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.

In this sermon we conclude our series on forgiveness. We talk about the relationship between bread and forgiveness in the Lord's Prayer and what they have to do with our deepest needs and the living into the future God has made possible. May we encounter the crucified Christ raised from the dead in these words.