Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 If you grew up around gardens or farms, or if you’ve ever grown so much as a tomato plant on a balcony, this story you just heard might seem confusing from the start. Because this sower Jesus describes doesn’t seem to be a very careful or wise farmer. What do we know…
Matthew 9:35–10:4 There is a beach in Waikiki — one of the most commercialized stretches of sand on earth— where four large stones sit behind an iron fence. I’m guessing most people walk past them without a second glance. The only reason I know of them is because Sarah Rezny told me about them and…
Matthew 9:9-13 This past Thursday I was out in the streets of San Francisco… for a big dance party! Ann, Del and I went together, motivated by the fact that one of our favorite musical artists, Janelle Monae, was going to spin a DJ set. A couple days before the event we found out that…
Trinity Sunday Matthew 28:16-20 Jesus and his disciples were sitting around, and he asked them, as he liked to do: “Whom do people say that I am?” And his disciples answered, “Some say you are John the Baptist returned from the dead; others say Elijah or other of the old prophets.” And Jesus said, “But…
Acts 2:42-47 Last week we wandered together inside Psalm 23. We ate the green grass. We walked through the dark valley. We felt the protection of the Good Shepherd. And we held the tension the psalm itself holds — between abundance and suffering. I want to stay inside that tension today, because this passage from…
Earth Day Sermon — Psalm 23 Our Scripture today is Bobby McFerrin’s version of “The 23rd Psalm.” This setting was written by Bobby in honor of his mother, so he refers to God as she. Dave Worm — who will be wish us for worship two weeks from now with Ann Speyer — is singing…
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