Harrowing Of Hell

Category: Kingdom of God

The Particular Reveals the Universal Love of God

Sermon | June 14, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. You can imagine how complicated it is for me to stand before you, Epiphany, a community where every single person is welcome, no matter who they are, where they come from or what they believe; and together hear Jesus instructing his apostles: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter

The Lord Needs Them

Sermon | March 29, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. “The Lord needs them.” (Matthew 21:3) The Lord needs… We don’t usually think about God needing anything. We think about people having needs, not God. I experienced this last week when my very independent 12-year-old came down with the flu and pneumonia. He’s fine now, but for a couple

A Place of Stability

Sermon | January 25, 2026

To watch the sermon click here. Each year, when we gather for our annual meeting it is a chance to pause. To breathe. To look back with gratitude at what has happened here. And, then, to look forward with clarity about who we are, who we are becoming, and why it matters. This moment is

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

When Heaven Touches Earth

Sermon | November 30, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. One of my best friends in seminary was a guy named Patrick who grew up in small town Mississippi. Patrick is loud, charismatic, and always funny, especially when telling stories about his childhood. He had lots of good stories, but the best ones were about his grandmother. I don’t

The Great Inversion

Sermon | November 9, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. We must learn to see, to recognize the living God, even when the world around us looks like loss. Over the past few weeks, in sermons, liturgies, and forums, we have been digging into this theme as we’ve addressed topics of grief, death, and hope. This sermon is about

The Heaven Can’t Wait Book Club

Sermon | September 28, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. When I was growing up, my family had this ritual. On the last Friday of each month, my mother would take my sister and me to Little Professor Bookstore. It was this cozy, independent bookshop and whenever we walked through that front door, the booksellers always remembered us, and

Freedom and the Frictionless Society

Sermon | September 14, 2025

To watch the sermon click here. When I was in college, I spent two years tutoring prisoners in Cell Block One at Cook County Correctional Facility on the south side of Chicago. Once a week I’d make my way into that ominous, imposing building. Every time the guards treated me as if I were new,