Universal Solidarity
A teaching of Jesus: solidarity with everyone, excluding no one.
Responding without Violence
A teaching of Jesus: responding to hate, violence, and aggression in a way that makes things better.
Wonder Drug #2: Decentering Money
A teaching of Jesus about money: don’t let it go to your heart!
Wonder Drug #1: Releasing Anxiety
A teaching of Jesus about releasing anxiety, just in time for Election Day here in the USA.
The Humble Stance
What person (or computer program, or mathematical system) can know their own errors?
Energized by Fear
Would you be afraid to wrestle with God? I know I would—but I hope I’d find the nerve to persevere, as Jacob did. (This sermon includes a traditional spiritual, “Changed My Name,” which begins at about 12:30.)
The Elisha Story Cycle
The skeptic in me cautions you that the Second Book of Kings is not, on the whole, a good place to learn about God. The mystic in me rejoices at the same time to point out that God’s voice can reach us from the most unexpected places—even from texts like this one—if are hearts are open. Music soothes the angry prophet!
The Story Breaks
Sometimes, the stories we tell about God are too weak to hold up when life gets hard. When those stories break, it can be traumatic.
This sermon include a song, “I Don’t Believe in You Anymore,” beginning at about 9:55.
Amos Aimed at Us
What if we brought the prophet Amos, that simple fig farmer, forward in time to show him our world? Where would he aim his prophetic arrows?
The Crux of the Matter
In this reflection, I read from The Dream of the Rood, one of the oldest works of Old English literature. If the cross of Christ could speak, what would it say?