Those of you who have seen Hamilton will note the reference to It’s Quiet Uptown in my sermon title, which to me, has been a sobfest inducing moment of grace played out on screen t...

Jesus says, where two or three are gathered, I am there. Labor Day weekend is usually a time to take a breath leading up to the new school year and busy Fall schedules. COVID attem...

This is a well-known story, thanks to children’s Bibles, and also to Charlton Heston and the Hollywood rendering of the story of Moses. But more than some fantastical story of burn...

How do you feel about your reputation? What are people saying about you out there? How does following Jesus affect what people think about you? For that matter, what does Jesus hav...

Today’s story is hard to hear. Jesus seems very human and not very divine in his interactions with this Canaanite woman. Why would any writer include this strange encounter in a he...

A storm at sea rages through the night and things are not looking good for the disciples. When Jesus shows up they are even more afraid. That’s when Peter asks for the craziest thi...

So often, when we hear this feeding miracle, we focus on the amounts. The starting point, the ending point, the scarcity, and the abundance. But what if this miracle began long bef...

Jesus gives us the parables of the mustard seed and yeast and pearls and leaves us to wonder what God might be trying to tell us about the kingdom of God through these little but p...

Both of the texts in front of us today are about waiting, but not just any kind of waiting, but the waiting in the midst of evil, hardship, and struggle. Well. That feels… right. S...