Where Are You Going?

Sermon | August 23, 2026

To watch, please click here. In preparation for our pilgrimage to Rome this fall, I invited the pilgrims to read a novel: Quo Vadis (kwo VAH-dis), by the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz (shen-KAY-vich) written in 1896. 130 years ago. Quo Vadis is Latin for: Where are you going? This historical novel which won the Nobel

Get up and do not be afraid

Sermon | February 15, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. It pays to pay attention to words. Good writers make sure that the words they use illuminate the story or the idea they intend to communicate. Placement matters. Words and phrases are carefully chosen and given their order for a reason. Saint Matthew is a good writer. We can

Our God is a Merciful God

Sermon | November 16, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. Today, we arrive at the end of our annual appeal. And so, what I’d like to do with this sermon is first remind us of who our God is, and then, at the end, reflect on the role Epiphany plays in our relationship with this God. I begin with

Disrupted by Love

Sermon | May 18, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. This sermon is about smashing barriers, deconstructing borders, and following the Spirit where she leads as she pushes the church and individuals into greater and widening practices of God’s love for all people. This sermon is about the Kingdom of God. As we begin to consider the dismantling of

Jesus Meets Us Where We Are

Sermon | May 4, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. Jesus always seems to meet us where we are, whether we realize it or not. It is a holy mystery that Jesus meets us at all. It’s hard to articulate. It’s a feeling, a sense, occasionally a woo-woo moment. This happens throughout our lifetimes, whether we are children, young

The Radiance of Love in Shame-Free Community

Sermon | September 29, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. I just want to share with you today that I am witnessing the most wonderfully connected community that I have seen in a while. Wednesday nights from 6:30 till 8:00pm RELATA gathers. It is our first run at this course after our pilot program last spring that so many

Tradition Filled with Heart

Sermon | September 1, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Today’s Gospel story has a phrase that squeezed my heart and still hasn’t let go. It’s the phrase: “the tradition of the elders.” That’s what I’d like for us to talk about today. Our lives are filled with “traditions of the elders.” I’m defining that as customs and

It Was All Set in Motion on this Night

Sermon | March 28, 2024

To watch the sermon click here. Tonight we begin the Triduum. One play in three acts: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday. The resurrection will come, but in this three act play, Jesus reveals the pattern that we know as the Paschal mystery, namely: there is Nno resurrection without death. There is no fast

Truly, You Are the Son of God

Sermon | August 13, 2023

Click here to watch the sermon Years ago, when my husband Dave was in grad school, we spent our two-week summer vacation visiting his parents in Columbia, Missouri. One of Dave’s brothers happened to be in town, and one beautiful afternoon, they went out golfing. At the end of the round, they discovered that they’d

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