Icons of Faith: What is a Grandparent to Do?

Sermon | August 2, 2026

To watch, please click here. God’s sense of humor never ceases to amaze me! It isn’t the avocado or the ocelot or the Ostridge that make me laugh, no, it is the situations that I inadvertently find myself in that demand yet another, concession. Yet another rethinking when I thought I had it all figured

You can’t paste God to a flag

Sermon | May 24, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. Today, as you depart from Communion, you will walk by the Paschal Candle that has been burning in this sanctuary since the Great Vigil of Easter. And you are invited to take a lit candle back to the pews with you, and then out of this building and into

The Abundant Life

Sermon | April 26, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. Two years ago, my family was preparing to move from Old Lyme, CT back to Seattle. In CT, we had a large, gorgeous home on 4 acres in the country. Every waking moment that I wasn’t working, I was packing boxes…for weeks. When we moved into that home, we

Love is Greater than Fear

Sermon | April 5, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. Good morning. Happy Easter. Alleluia. Christ is risen (The Lord is risen indeed… Alleluia). It is good to be with you today as we relive the story of the empty tomb, and reimagine with curiosity what it really means for the world right now. The character who will guide

To Believe is to Trust

Sermon | March 22, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a young man ran up and knelt before him and asked him: “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him you know the Commandments: you shall not murder; you shall not commit adultery; you shall

Christianity at the Center

Sermon | January 18, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. Have you ever found yourself in one of those conversations, maybe at a dinner party, maybe with a colleague, maybe with a family member, or a dude on a plane… where they are a little hostile toward Christianity? They say something like, “Christianity is so violent. Look at the

This is no time for a child to be born

Sermon | December 25, 2025

“This is no time for a child to be born, with the earth betrayed by war and hate… Yet Love still takes the risk of birth.” These lines were written by Madeleine L’Engle during the Vietnam War era and they could have just as easily have been written today. But that’s the thing. These words

Where hope remains: The Slow Miracle of Christmas

Sermon | December 24, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. Good evening and Merry Christmas. I’m really glad you’re here tonight. As I’ve been preparing this sermon, I’ve been thinking about you, wondering what has been on your mind lately, what you’ve been talking about with family and friends over the holidays, what keeps surfacing, what feels pressing, what

When Preparation Meets Anticipation: Joy is Complete

Sermon | December 14, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. Last Sunday we imagined what might happen if an intelligent life form found NASA’s Golden Record, the cosmic greeting card attached to Voyagers 1 and 2, and decided to come searching for us. So let’s pick up the story there. Imagine these visitors gliding toward our solar system,

Category: Hope & Resurrection