Sermons

Table of Hospitality

Centering Thought The Table of Hospitality requires that we question our own boundaries of “who is in” and “who is out.” It asks us to accept that the Spirit may move in surprising ways, through surprising people, and we might just miss out on the beauty and fullness of life if we insist on limiting…

Glimmers

Centering Thought This is not the age of information. This is not the age of information. Forget the news, and the radio, and the blurred screen. This is the time of loaves and fishes. People are hungry, and one good word is bread for a thousand. David Whyte

Blessings given are blessings shared

Centering Thought When people or nations try to hoard blessings, they reduce God’s abundant grace to a scarce commodity. This hoarding creates systemic poverty and cuts the hoarder off from the true source of life. Walter Brueggemann Reading: Genesis 28:10-19       Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Does God’s promise give exclusive ownership?  What does this…

Pride Sunday: Rooted in Love, Justice. and Joy

Centering Thought “Beloved, we are not here because the world has been kind. We e here because God has been faithful. We are still standing not because the heat never came, but because our roots found living water. And as long as God is faithful, we shall not be moved.” Rev. Derek A. Terry, Acting…