Below is an index of the sermons published on this site. This collection is not exhaustive—many of my older sermons are not found here. As much of these were imported from another site a few years ago, I had the opportunity to curate which ones I wanted to keep. I kept what I think are the better ones from those early years. Enjoy!
Browse the sermons on this site by subject, title, date, or scripture reference:
By Subject
Advent
- All Flesh Shall See It Together (12/4/2011)
- The Highest of the Mountains (12/1/2013)
- My Messenger Ahead of You (12/6/2020)
- O That You Would Tear Open the Heavens (11/29/2020)
- A Shoot from the Stump (12/8/2019)
- Tired of Waiting (12/16/2012)
- To Testify to the Light (12/13/2020)
- What Did You Go Out to See? (12/15/2019)
- What Should I Call Out? (12/7/2014)
Alienation & Brokenness
- Godforsaken (4/6/2012)
- I Have a Tender Spot for Cripples and Bastards and Broken Things (3/30/2014)
- I Make My Home in Babylon (10/13/2013)
- Indifferent (3/22/2012)
- Rachel Weeping for Her Children (12/29/2019)
- The Road: All Has Come to Ash (2/10/2016)
- When the Words Don’t Reach (7/22/2016)
Bible/Scripture
- People of the Book (1/27/2013)
- The One Where the Guy Gets Swallowed by the Whale (10/25/2009)
- The One with the Boatload of Animals (10/4/2009)
- The One with the Kid Who Got the Nice Coat (10/11/2009)
- The One with the Talking Snake (9/27/2009)
- תּוֹלְדוֹת A Woman of Faith (11/13/1999)
Christian Thought
- The Community of God (6/7/2020) (Trinity Sunday)
- God the Father Almighty (6/19/2016)
- Knowledge of God (8/30/2020)
- Lie #2: If You Pray Hard Enough, God Will Answer (9/16/2012)
- Lie #3: God Never Gives You More than You Can Bear (9/23/2012)
- Lie #4: Christians Should Always Be Happy (9/30/2012)
- Lie #5: Our Faith Gets Us to God (10/7/2012)
- Lie #6: The Bible Tells Us How to Live (10/14/2012)
- Lie #7: Sacred is the Opposite of Secular (10/21/2012)
- Lie #8: It’s All Part of God’s Plan (10/28/2012)
- Lie #9: Salvation is about Getting into Heaven (11/4/2012)
- The Wesleyan Quadrilateral (7/25/2017)
- What Christians Have to Learn from Atheists (10/13/2013)
- What Christians Have to Learn from Other Religions (9/29/2013)
- What Christians Have to Learn from Rock ’n’ Roll (9/15/2013)
- What Christians Have to Learn from Science Fiction & Fantasy (10/20/2013)
- What Christians Have to Learn from Sports (9/22/2013)
Christmas
- Ahead of Them Went the Star (1/2/2022)
- Bearing God (12/20/2020)
- Blue Christmas: A Space for Lament (12/23/2020)
- For Unto Us a Child Is Born (12/24/2020)
- Immanuel (12/19/2004)
- In a Dream (12/19/2021)
The Church
- A Mind on Human Things (9/12/2021)
- A Tale of Two Churches (8/26/2013)
- Connecting in Christ (7/19/2020)
- One Flock, One Shepherd (4/26/2015)
- The Root of the Olive Tree (11/3/2013)
- Where Two or Three Are Gathered (9/6/2020)
Community
- Belonging (4/4/2018)
- On the Importance of Community (3/8/2017) (Interfaith)
- Resilience (12/5/2018) (Interfaith)
- Without Someone to Guide Me (5/3/2015)
Crucifixion & Good Friday
- Godforsaken (4/6/2012)
- It Is Finished (4/14/2017)
- The Man Who Passes the Sentence Should Swing the Sword (4/18/2014)
- To Crucify the King (4/10/2020)
Death
- Death (11/2/2008)
- Out of the Great Ordeal (11/1/2020) (All Saints)
- The Walking Dead: The Dead Among Us (3/13/2016)
- The Wilderness of Death and Loss (3/29/2020)
- There Is Only One Thing We Say to Death: “Not Today” (4/20/2014)
- What Is Dead May Never Die (4/6/2014)
Discipleship
- A Face Set to Go to Jerusalem (6/26/2016)
- A Higher Standard (2/16/2020)
- A Tale of Two Fish (1/25/2015)
- After John Was Arrested (1/22/2012)
- Ahead of Us to Galilee (3/23/2008)
- Counting on Miracles (8/2/2020)
- Do No Harm (10/13/2019)
- Fulfilling All Righteousness (1/12/2020)
- I Was Blind; I Could Not See (4/3/2011)
- Keeping It Simple (2/2/2020)
- Light to the Nations (1/19/2020)
- Night Gathers and Now My Watch Begins (4/17/2014)
- Out of Our Poverty (11/7/2021)
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know that Faith Is Known by its Fruit (10/4/2020)
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know that Talk Is Cheap (9/27/2020)
- Service Dogs (3/19/2017)
- Straightaway to Work (1/26/2020)
- Thanksgiving (11/21/2021)
- Winter Is Coming (3/5/2014)
- The Weightier Matters (8/19/2018)
- The Welfare of the City (10/9/2016)
- Two Roads (4/14/2013)
- What Did You Go Out to See? (12/15/2019)
- What Happened to the Galilean Fishing Industry? (1/26/2014)
- What Must I Do? (10/10/2021)
- Wine (1/20/2013)
Diversity & Inclusion
- A Big Tent (6/14/2020)
- A Seat at the Table (10/5/2016) (Interfaith)
- Complicit (8/20/2017)
- Inclusive Community (7/12/2020)
- Move Up Higher (8/28/2016)
- On Unity in Diversity (9/7/2016)
- Those Against Us and For Us (9/26/2021)
- Two Roads (4/14/2013)
- What’s the Deal with God and Shepherds? (4/29/2012)
Doubt and Uncertainty
- Am I Lost If I Have Doubt? (10/23/2011)
- Anxiety in a Time of Change (4/5/2017)
- Faith and Mystery (10/22/2006)
- Knowing the Unknowable (10/20/2019)
- On the Necessity of Doubt (4/27/2014)
- The Pursuit of Truth (3/6/2019) (Interfaith)
- Questions of Faith: Am I Lost if I Have Doubt? (4/19/2020)
- St. Matthew Wants You to Be Ready for Anything (10/11/2020)
- Simple Answers (11/7/2004)
Easter & Resurrection
- Ahead of Us to Galilee (3/23/2008)
- It’s a Beautiful Day (4/24/2011)
- The Promised Land (4/12/2020)
- Questions of Faith: Is the Resurrection Real? (4/26/2020)
- Resurrection (4/8/2018)
- Terror and Amazement (4/12/2009)
- There Is Only One Thing We Say to Death: “Not Today” (4/20/2014)
- What Did You Expect? (4/16/2001)
Engaging the Other
- In the Midst of the Other (8/27/2012)
- Two Roads (4/14/2013)
Engaging the World
- Blessed Are the Peacemakers (2/7/2018) (Interfaith)
- In the Reign of the Emperor Tiberius (12/9/2012)
- In Their Own Language (5/15/2016)
- Just a Kid (5/12/2017)
- Lessons of the Past (9/5/2017) (Interfaith)
- Salt and Light (2/9/2020)
- Translating the Gospel (5/31/2020)
- The Welfare of the City (10/9/2016)
- Water (1/13/2013)
- What Happens on the Mountaintop… (2/23/2020)
Faith and Politics
- 1984: The Oppression of the System (3/20/2016)
- A City on a Hill (2/9/2014)
- A Game of Thrones (11/24/2013)
- City of God (11/2/2016) (Interfaith)
- The City of God (11/8/2020)
- Freedom and Independence (7/5/2015)
- God on Our Side (1/31/2010)
- In the Shadow of Empire (8/23/2020)
- Out of Many, One (7/5/2017)
Fear
- Fear (9/9/2009)
- Fear and Loathing in the Church of God (8/9/2020)
- Fearlessness (10/4/2017) (Interfaith)
- Love in a Time of Fear (2/1/2017)
- For the Night Is Dark and Full of Terrors (4/19/2014)
- Terror and Amazement (4/12/2009)
- The Wilderness of Fear (3/8/2020)
Forgiveness
- Does Forgiveness Require Me to Be a Victim? (5/24/2011)
- Leaving Home (3/5/2017)
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know Jesus Is Really Big on Forgiveness (9/13/2020)
- What Judas Did Wrong (4/5/2012)
- The Wilderness of Betrayal (4/5/2020)
Grace
- Freewill (2/13/2005)
- Only Love Can Leave Such a Mark (4/17/2011)
- Palms and Crosses (4/13/2003)
- Risking Everything on Grace (11/13/2011)
- The Road Too Often Taken (3/31/2019)
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know that God’s Grace Is Free (9/20/2020)
- Scoundrels, Tricksters, and Heels (7/12/2011)
- Self-Care in an Anxious Time (2/6/2019) (Interfaith)
Hope and Promise
- A Light in the Darkness (12/6/2017) (Interfaith)
- A Shoot from the Stump (12/8/2019)
- A World in Ashes (2/26/2020) (Ash Wednesday)
- Ahead of Them Went the Star (1/2/2022)
- Always Pain Before a Child Is Born (3/20/2011)
- Children of Men: We Are Cut Off (2/21/2016)
- Holy Ground (5/11/2019) (Interfaith)
- Hope (12/7/2016)
- In a Dream (12/19/2021)
- Not as Others with No Hope (11/3/2019)
- O That You Would Tear Open the Heavens (11/29/2020)
- Seeing (10/24/2021)
- Serving the Good Wine Last (1/17/2010)
- Star Trek: The Better World Awaiting (3/27/2016)
- Surprise Endings (8/16/2020)
- The Wilderness of Despair (3/15/2020)
- The Wilderness of Want (3/1/2020)
- Walking with Jesus Through Heartbreak (3/2/2008)
Issues Confronting the Church
- #3: Homophobia (10/3/2010)
- A Tale of Two Churches (8/26/2013)
- Lie #1: Everything Is Fine (9/9/2012)
- Translating the Gospel (5/31/2020)
- Why the Atheists Are Right (and Wrong) (9/2/2007)
Justice/Structural Injustice
- Complicit (8/20/2017)
- Making a Difference (7/26/2020)
- No More Water in the Well (3/27/2011)
- Resurrection and Insurrection (5/18/2014)
- The Road Too Often Taken (3/31/2019)
- The Lynching Tree (1/20/2008)
- Those Who Destroy the Earth (4/21/2013)
- Wine (1/20/2013)
Love
- Later You Will Understand (4/1/2010)
- Love in a Time of Fear (2/1/2017)
- Only Love Can Leave Such a Mark (4/17/2011)
- Walking with Jesus Through Heartbreak (3/2/2008)
- With One Heart (2/15/2015)
Nature of Christ
- The Kings of the Earth (11/25/2012)
- Palms and Crosses (4/13/2003)
- Then the King Will Answer Them (11/22/2020)
- They Know Not What They Do (5/10/2022)
- The Walking Dead: The Dead Among Us (3/13/2016)
- Word of God (6/30/2015)
Repentance
- Ashes (2/9/2005)
Sacrifice/Suffering
- Glory and the Cross (4/2/2006)
- Rachel Weeping for Her Children (12/29/2019)
- Valar Morghulis; Valar Dohaeris (4/13/2014)
Science and Religion
- Evolution (9/28/2008)
- Look Up at the Sky (2/8/2015)
September 11th
- Disorientation (11/15/2001)
- Hard Lessons (9/11/2005)
- One Day (9/11/2011)
Sin and Temptation
- Desire (3/13/2011)
Witness
- Babel (6/5/2022)
- Bearing God (12/20/2020)
- Come Over to Macedonia (5/22/2022)
- Evangelical (5/6/2018)
- Fulfilling All Righteousness (1/12/2020)
- For Zion’s Sake I Will Not Keep Silent (1/17/2016) (MLK)
- In the Shadow of Empire (8/23/2020)
- To Testify to the Light (12/13/2020)
- The Violence of Love (3/26/2006) (Romero)
- We Do Not Sow (3/23/2014)
- Witness (4/19/2015)
- You Can’t Please Everyone (7/5/20200
By Name
- 1984: The Oppression of the System, March 20, 2016
- 10 Things I Hate about Church: #3. Homophobia, October 3, 2010
- A Big Tent, June 14, 2020
- A City on a Hill, February 9, 2014
- A Face Set to Go to Jerusalem, June 26, 2016
- A Game of Thrones, November 24, 2013
- A God of the Living, November 6, 2022
- A Higher Standard, February 16, 2020
- A King Like No Other, November 20, 2022
- A Light in the Darkness, December 8, 2017
- A Mind on Human Things, September 12, 2021
- A Reformation Unfinished, October 25, 2020
- A Seat at the Table, October 5, 2016
- A Shoot from the Stump, December 9, 2019
- A Tale of Two Churches, August 26, 2013
- A Tale of Two Fish, January 25, 2015
- A Wedding Homily for Rob & Jaime, June 19, 2019
- A World in Ashes, February 26, 2020
- Abortion, October 12, 2008
- After John Was Arrested, January 22, 2012
- Ahead of Them Went the Star, January 2, 2022
- Ahead of Us to Galilee, March 23, 2008
- All Flesh Shall See It Together, December 4, 2011
- Always Pain Before a Child Is Born, March 20, 2011
- Am I Lost If I Have Doubt?, October 23, 2011
- Anxiety in a Time of Change, April 5, 2017
- “Are You Saved?”, November 7, 2010
- Ashes, February 9, 2005
- Babel, June 5, 2022
- Bearing God, December 20, 2020
- Belonging, April 4, 2018
- Blessed Are the Peacemakers, February 7, 2018
- Blue Christmas: A Space for Lament, December 23, 2020
- Boring & Out of Touch, September 26, 2010
- Children of Men: We Are Cut Off, February 21, 2016
- (Christian) Intolerance, October 5, 2008
- City of God, November 2, 2016
- Come Over to Macedonia, May 22, 2022
- Complicit, August 20, 2017
- Connecting in Christ, July 19, 2020
- Counting on Miracles, August 2, 2020
- Death, November 2, 2008
- Desire, March 13, 2011
- Disorientation, November 15, 2001
- Divisiveness, October 31, 2010
- Do No Harm, October 15, 2019
- Does Forgiveness Require Me to Be a Victim?, October 16, 2011
- Evangelical, May 6, 2018
- Evolution, September 28, 2008
- Faith and Mystery, October 22, 2006
- Fear, September 9, 2009
- Fear and Loathing in the Church of God, August 9, 2020
- Fearlessness, October 4, 2017
- For the Night Is Dark and Full of Terrors, April 19, 2014
- For Unto Us a Child Is Born, December 24, 2020
- For Zion’s Sake I Will Not Keep Silent, January 17, 2016
- Freedom and Independence, July 5, 2015
- Freewill, February 13, 2005
- Fulfilling All Righteousness, January 12, 2020
- Glory and the Cross, April 2, 2006
- Lie #3: God Never Gives You More than You Can Bear, September 23, 2012
- God on Our Side, January 31, 2010
- God the Father Almighty, June 19, 2016
- Godforsaken, April 6, 2012
- Grace and Scarcity, January 30, 2022
- Hard Lessons, September 11, 2005
- Holy Ground, May 11, 2018
- Hope, December 7, 2016
- I Have a Tender Spot for Cripples and Bastards and Broken Things, March 30, 2014
- I Make My Home in Babylon, October 13, 2013
- I Was Blind I Could Not See, April 3, 2011
- If You Know These Things, April 9, 2020
- Immanuel, December 19, 2004
- In a Dream, December 19, 2021
- In the Hands of a Few, September 25, 2022
- In the Midst of the Other, August 27, 2012
- In the Reign of the Emperor Tiberius, December 9, 2012
- In the Shadow of Empire, August 23, 2020
- In Their Own Language, May 15, 2016
- Inclusive Community, July 12, 2020
- Indifferent, March 22, 2012
- It Is Finished, April 14, 2017
- It’s a Beautiful Day, April 24, 2011
- Lie #8: It’s All Part of God’s Plan, October 28, 2012
- Judgmentalism & Intolerance, October 10, 2010
- Just a Kid, May 12, 2017
- Keeping It Simple, February 2, 2020
- Knowing the Unknowable, October 21, 2019
- Knowledge of God, August 30, 2020
- Later You Will Understand, April 1, 2010
- Leaving Home, March 5, 2017
- Lessons of the Past, September 5, 2017
- Lie #1: Everything Is Fine, September 9, 2012
- Lie #2: If You Pray Hard Enough, God Will Answer, September 16, 2012
- Lie #4: Christians Should Always Be Happy, September 30, 2012
- Lie #5: Our Faith Gets Us to God, October 7, 2012
- Light to the Nations, January 19, 2020
- Look Up at the Sky, February 8, 2015
- Love in a Time of Fear, February 1, 2017
- Making a Difference, July 26, 2020
- Making a Home in Exile, October 9, 2022
- Move Up Higher, August 28, 2016
- My Messenger Ahead of You, December 6, 2020
- Night Gathers and Now My Watch Begins, April 17, 2014
- No More Water in the Well, March 28, 2011
- Not as Others With No Hope, November 3, 2019
- O That You Would Tear Open the Heavens, November 29, 2020
- On the Importance of Community, March 8, 2017
- On the Necessity of Doubt, April 27, 2014
- On Unity in Diversity, September 7, 2016
- One Day, September 11, 2011
- One Flock, One Shepherd, April 26, 2015
- Only Love Can Leave Such a Mark, April 17, 2011
- Out of Many, One, July 5, 2017
- Out of Our Poverty, November 7, 2021
- Out of the Great Ordeal, November 1, 2020
- Palms and Crosses, April 13, 2003
- People of the Book, January 27, 2013
- Politics, October 26, 2008
- Questions of Faith: Am I Lost If I Have Doubt?, April 19, 2020
- Questions of Faith: Do Non-Christians Go to Heaven?, May 10, 2020
- Questions of Faith: Does Forgiveness Require Me to Be a Victim?, May 24, 2020
- Questions of Faith: How is Jesus Both Human and Divine?, May 17, 2020
- Questions of Faith: Is the Resurrection Real?, April 26, 2020
- Questions of Faith: Why Does God Allow Evil?, May 3, 2020
- Rachel Weeping for Her Children, December 29, 2019
- Resilience, December 5, 2018
- Resurrection, April 8, 2018
- Resurrection and Insurrection, May 18, 2014
- Risking Everything on Grace, November 13, 2011
- Lie #7: Sacred is the Opposite of Secular, October 21, 2012
- Salt and Light, February 9, 2020
- Lie #9: Salvation is about Getting into Heaven, November 4, 2012
- Scoundrels, Tricksters, and Heels, July 12, 2011
- Seeing, October 24, 2021
- Self-Care in an Anxious Time, February 6, 2019
- Service Dogs, March 19, 2017
- Serving the Good Wine Last, January 17, 2010
- Sexist Language, October 24, 2010
- She, November 9, 2008
- Simple Answers, November 7, 2004
- Speaking of His Departure, February 27, 2022
- St. Matthew Wants You to Be Ready for Anything, October 11, 2020
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know Jesus Is Really Big on Forgiveness, September 13, 2020
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know That Faith Is Known by its Fruit, October 4, 2020
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know that God’s Grace Is Free, September 20, 2020
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know that Talk Is Cheap, September 27, 2020
- Star Trek: The Better World Awaiting, March 27, 2016
- Straightaway to Work, January 26, 2020
- Surprise Endings, August 16, 2020
- Terror and Amazement, April 12, 2009
- Thanksgiving, November 21, 2021
- Lie #6: The Bible Tells Us How to Live, October 14, 2012
- The City of God, November 8, 2020
- The Community of God, June 7, 2020
- The Highest of the Mountains, December 1, 2013
- The Kings of the Earth, November 25, 2012
- The Lynching Tree, January 20, 2008
- The Man Who Passes the Sentence Should Swing the Sword, April 18, 2014
- The One Where the Guy Gets Swallowed by the Whale, October 25, 2009
- The One with the Boatload of Animals, October 4, 2009
- The One with the Kid Who Got the Nice Coat, October 11, 2009
- The One with the Talking Snake, September 27, 2009
- The Promised Land, April 12, 2020
- The Pursuit of Truth, March 6, 2019
- The Road: All Has Come to Ash, February 10, 2016
- The Road Too Often Taken, April 1, 2019
- The Root of the Olive Tree, November 3, 2013
- The Violence of Love, March 26, 2006
- The Walking Dead: The Dead Among Us, March 13, 2016
- The Weightier Matters, August 19, 2018
- The Welfare of the City, October 9, 2016
- The Wesleyan Quadrilateral, July 30, 2017
- The Wilderness of Betrayal, April 5, 2020
- The Wilderness of Death and Loss, March 29, 2020
- The Wilderness of Despair, March 15, 2020
- The Wilderness of Fear, March 8, 2020
- The Wilderness of Tragedy, March 22, 2020
- The Wilderness of Want, March 1, 2020
- Then the King Will Answer Them, November 22, 2020
- There Is Only One Thing We Say to Death: “Not Today”, April 20, 2014
- They Know Not What They Do, April 10, 2022
- Those Against Us and For Us, September 26, 2021
- Those Who Destroy the Earth, April 21, 2013
- Tired of Waiting, December 16, 2012
- To Crucify the King, April 10, 2020
- To Testify to the Light, December 13, 2020
- תּוֹלְדוֹת A Woman of Faith, November 13, 1999
- Too Political, November 14, 2010
- Translating the Gospel, May 31, 2020
- Two Roads, April 14, 2013
- Valar Morghulis; Valar Dohaeris, April 13, 2014
- Walking with Jesus Through Heartbreak, March 2, 2008
- Water, January 13, 2013
- We Do Not Sow, March 23, 2014
- What Christians Have to Learn from Atheists, October 13, 2013
- What Christians Have to Learn from Other Religions, September 29, 2013
- What Christians Have to Learn from Rock ’n-Roll, September 15, 2013
- What Christians Have to Learn from Science Fiction & Fantasy, October 20, 2013
- What Christians Have to Learn from Sports, September 22, 2013
- What Did You Expect?, April 16, 2001
- What Did You Go Out to See?, December 15, 2019
- What Happened to the Galilean Fishing Industry?, January 26, 2014
- What Happens on the Mountaintop…, February 23, 2020
- What Is Dead May Never Die, April 6, 2014
- What Judas Did Wrong, April 5, 2012
- What Must I Do?, October 10, 2021
- What Should I Call Out?, December 7, 2014
- What’s the Deal with God and Shepherds?, April 29, 2012
- When the Words Don’t Reach, July 22, 2016
- Where Two or Three Are Gathered, September 6, 2020
- Who Are These People?, January 5, 2020
- Who Matters, September 11, 2022
- Why the Atheists Are Right (and Wrong), September 2, 2007
- Wine, January 20, 2013
- Winter Is Coming, March 5, 2014
- With One Heart, February 15, 2015
- Without Someone to Guide Me, May 3, 2015
- Witness, April 19, 2015
- Word of God, June 30, 2015
- You Can’t Please Everyone, July 5, 2020
By Date
2022
- A King Like No Other, November 20, 2022
- A God of the Living, November 6, 2022
- Making a Home in Exile, October 9, 2022
- In the Hands of a Few, September 25, 2022
- Who Matters, September 11, 2022
- Babel, June 5, 2022
- Come Over to Macedonia, May 22, 2022
- They Know Not What They Do, April 10, 2022
- Speaking of His Departure, February 27, 2022
- Grace and Scarcity, January 30, 2022
- Ahead of Them Went the Star, January 2, 2022
2021
- In a Dream, December 19, 2021
- Thanksgiving, November 21, 2021
- Out of Our Poverty, November 7, 2021
- Seeing, October 24, 2021
- What Must I Do?, October 10, 2021
- Those Against Us and For Us, September 26, 2021
- A Mind on Human Things, September 12, 2021
2020
- For Unto Us a Child Is Born, December 24, 2020
- Blue Christmas: A Space for Lament, December 23, 2020
- Bearing God, December 20, 2020
- To Testify to the Light, December 13, 2020
- My Messenger Ahead of You, December 6, 2020
- O That You Would Tear Open the Heavens, November 29, 2020
- Then the King Will Answer Them, November 22, 2020
- The City of God, November 8, 2020
- Out of the Great Ordeal, November 1, 2020
- A Reformation Unfinished, October 25, 2020
- St. Matthew Wants You to Be Ready for Anything, October 11, 2020
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know That Faith Is Known by its Fruit, October 4, 2020
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know that Talk Is Cheap, September 27, 2020
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know that God’s Grace Is Free, September 20, 2020
- St. Matthew Wants You to Know Jesus Is Really Big on Forgiveness, September 13, 2020
- Where Two or Three Are Gathered, September 6, 2020
- Knowledge of God, August 30, 2020
- In the Shadow of Empire, August 23, 2020
- Surprise Endings, August 16, 2020
- Fear and Loathing in the Church of God, August 9, 2020
- Counting on Miracles, August 2, 2020
- Making a Difference, July 26, 2020
- Connecting in Christ, July 19, 2020
- Inclusive Community, July 12, 2020
- You Can’t Please Everyone, July 5, 2020
- A Big Tent, June 14, 2020
- The Community of God, June 7, 2020
- Translating the Gospel, May 31, 2020
- Questions of Faith: Does Forgiveness Require Me to Be a Victim?, May 24, 2020
- Questions of Faith: How is Jesus Both Human and Divine?, May 17, 2020
- Questions of Faith: Do Non-Christians Go to Heaven?, May 10, 2020
- Questions of Faith: Why Does God Allow Evil?, May 3, 2020
- Questions of Faith: Is the Resurrection Real?, April 26, 2020
- Questions of Faith: Am I Lost If I Have Doubt?, April 19, 2020
- The Promised Land, April 12, 2020
- To Crucify the King, April 10, 2020
- If You Know These Things, April 9, 2020
- The Wilderness of Betrayal, April 5, 2020
- The Wilderness of Death and Loss, March 29, 2020
- The Wilderness of Tragedy, March 22, 2020
- The Wilderness of Despair, March 15, 2020
- The Wilderness of Fear, March 8, 2020
- The Wilderness of Want, March 1, 2020
- A World in Ashes, February 26, 2020
- What Happens on the Mountaintop…, February 23, 2020
- A Higher Standard, February 16, 2020
- Salt and Light, February 9, 2020
- Keeping It Simple, February 2, 2020
- Straightaway to Work, January 26, 2020
- Light to the Nations, January 19, 2020
- Fulfilling All Righteousness, January 12, 2020
- Who Are These People?, January 5, 2020
2019
- Rachel Weeping for Her Children, December 29, 2019
- What Did You Go Out to See?, December 15, 2019
- A Shoot from the Stump, December 9, 2019
- Not as Others With No Hope, November 3, 2019
- Knowing the Unknowable, October 21, 2019
- Do No Harm, October 15, 2019
- A Wedding Homily for Rob & Jaime, June 19, 2019
- The Road Too Often Taken, April 1, 2019
- The Pursuit of Truth, March 6, 2019
- Self-Care in an Anxious Time, February 6, 2019
2018
- Resilience, December 5, 2018
- The Weightier Matters, August 19, 2018
- Holy Ground, May 11, 2018
- Evangelical, May 6, 2018
- Resurrection, April 8, 2018
- Belonging, April 4, 2018
- Blessed Are the Peacemakers, February 7, 2018
2017
- A Light in the Darkness, December 8, 2017
- Fearlessness, October 4, 2017
- Lessons of the Past, September 5, 2017
- Complicit, August 20, 2017
- The Wesleyan Quadrilateral, July 30, 2017
- Out of Many, One, July 5, 2017
- Just a Kid, May 12, 2017
- It Is Finished, April 14, 2017
- Anxiety in a Time of Change, April 5, 2017
- Service Dogs, March 19, 2017
- On the Importance of Community, March 8, 2017
- Leaving Home, March 5, 2017
- Love in a Time of Fear, February 1, 2017
2016
- Hope, December 7, 2016
- City of God, November 2, 2016
- The Welfare of the City, October 9, 2016
- A Seat at the Table, October 5, 2016
- On Unity in Diversity, September 7, 2016
- Move Up Higher, August 28, 2016
- When the Words Don’t Reach, July 22, 2016
- A Face Set to Go to Jerusalem, June 26, 2016
- God the Father Almighty, June 19, 2016
- In Their Own Language, May 15, 2016
- Star Trek: The Better World Awaiting, March 27, 2016
- 1984: The Oppression of the System, March 20, 2016
- The Walking Dead: The Dead Among Us, March 13, 2016
- Children of Men: We Are Cut Off, February 21, 2016
- The Road: All Has Come to Ash, February 10, 2016
- For Zion’s Sake I Will Not Keep Silent, January 17, 2016
2015
- Freedom and Independence, July 5, 2015
- Word of God, June 30, 2015
- Without Someone to Guide Me, May 3, 2015
- One Flock, One Shepherd, April 26, 2015
- Witness, April 19, 2015
- With One Heart, February 15, 2015
- Look Up at the Sky, February 8, 2015
- A Tale of Two Fish, January 25, 2015
2014
- What Should I Call Out?, December 7, 2014
- Resurrection and Insurrection, May 18, 2014
- On the Necessity of Doubt, April 27, 2014
- There Is Only One Thing We Say to Death: “Not Today”, April 20, 2014
- For the Night Is Dark and Full of Terrors, April 19, 2014
- The Man Who Passes the Sentence Should Swing the Sword, April 18, 2014
- Night Gathers and Now My Watch Begins, April 17, 2014
- Valar Morghulis; Valar Dohaeris, April 13, 2014
- What Is Dead May Never Die, April 6, 2014
- I Have a Tender Spot for Cripples and Bastards and Broken Things, March 30, 2014
- We Do Not Sow, March 23, 2014
- Winter Is Coming, March 5, 2014
- A City on a Hill, February 9, 2014
- What Happened to the Galilean Fishing Industry?, January 26, 2014
2013
- The Highest of the Mountains, December 1, 2013
- A Game of Thrones, November 24, 2013
- The Root of the Olive Tree, November 3, 2013
- What Christians Have to Learn from Science Fiction & Fantasy, October 20, 2013
- What Christians Have to Learn from Atheists, October 13, 2013
- I Make My Home in Babylon, October 13, 2013
- What Christians Have to Learn from Other Religions, September 29, 2013
- What Christians Have to Learn from Sports, September 22, 2013
- What Christians Have to Learn from Rock ’n-Roll, September 15, 2013
- A Tale of Two Churches, August 26, 2013
- Those Who Destroy the Earth, April 21, 2013
- Two Roads, April 14, 2013
- People of the Book, January 27, 2013
- Wine, January 20, 2013
- Water, January 13, 2013
2012
- Tired of Waiting, December 16, 2012
- In the Reign of the Emperor Tiberius, December 9, 2012
- The Kings of the Earth, November 25, 2012
- Lie #9: Salvation is about Getting into Heaven, November 4, 2012
- Lie #8: It’s All Part of God’s Plan, October 28, 2012
- Lie #7: Sacred is the Opposite of Secular, October 21, 2012
- Lie #6: The Bible Tells Us How to Live, October 14, 2012
- Lie #5: Our Faith Gets Us to God, October 7, 2012
- Lie #4: Christians Should Always Be Happy, September 30, 2012
- Lie #3: God Never Gives You More than You Can Bear, September 23, 2012
- Lie #2: If You Pray Hard Enough, God Will Answer, September 16, 2012
- Lie #1: Everything Is Fine, September 9, 2012
- In the Midst of the Other, August 27, 2012
- What’s the Deal with God and Shepherds?, April 29, 2012
- Godforsaken, April 6, 2012
- What Judas Did Wrong, April 5, 2012
- Indifferent, March 22, 2012
- After John Was Arrested, January 22, 2012
2011
- All Flesh Shall See It Together, December 4, 2011
- Risking Everything on Grace, November 13, 2011
- Am I Lost If I Have Doubt?, October 23, 2011
- Does Forgiveness Require Me to Be a Victim?, October 16, 2011
- One Day, September 11, 2011
- Scoundrels, Tricksters, and Heels, July 12, 2011
- It’s a Beautiful Day, April 24, 2011
- Only Love Can Leave Such a Mark, April 17, 2011
- I Was Blind I Could Not See, April 3, 2011
- No More Water in the Well, March 28, 2011
- Always Pain Before a Child Is Born, March 20, 2011
- Desire, March 13, 2011
2010
- Too Political, November 14, 2010
- “Are You Saved?”, November 7, 2010
- Divisiveness, October 31, 2010
- Sexist Language, October 24, 2010
- Judgmentalism & Intolerance, October 10, 2010
- 10 Things I Hate about Church: #3. Homophobia, October 3, 2010
- Boring & Out of Touch, September 26, 2010
- Later You Will Understand, April 1, 2010
- God on Our Side, January 31, 2010
- Serving the Good Wine Last, January 17, 2010
2009
- The One Where the Guy Gets Swallowed by the Whale, October 25, 2009
- The One with the Kid Who Got the Nice Coat, October 11, 2009
- The One with the Boatload of Animals, October 4, 2009
- The One with the Talking Snake, September 27, 2009
- Fear, September 9, 2009
- Terror and Amazement, April 12, 2009
2008
- She, November 9, 2008
- Death, November 2, 2008
- Politics, October 26, 2008
- Abortion, October 12, 2008
- (Christian) Intolerance, October 5, 2008
- Evolution, September 28, 2008
- Ahead of Us to Galilee, March 23, 2008
- Walking with Jesus Through Heartbreak, March 2, 2008
- The Lynching Tree, January 20, 2008
2007
- Why the Atheists Are Right (and Wrong), September 2, 2007
2006
- Faith and Mystery, October 22, 2006
- Glory and the Cross, April 2, 2006
- The Violence of Love, March 26, 2006
2005
- Hard Lessons, September 11, 2005
- Freewill, February 13, 2005
- Ashes, February 9, 2005
2004
- Immanuel, December 19, 2004
- Simple Answers, November 7, 2004
2003
- Palms and Crosses, April 13, 2003
2001
- Disorientation, November 15, 2001
- What Did You Expect?, April 16, 2001
1999
- תּוֹלְדוֹת A Woman of Faith, November 13, 1999