AI Sermon Series #4: Soul Sensates and the Coronation of the Royal Priesthood

Sermon | May 28, 2023

Click here to watch the sermon. Today is the Feast of Pentecost, and the celebration of the coronation of Dean, Norah, and Jack into the caste of the Royal Priesthood. This is a ceremony which acknowledges the reality that their souls are replete with the living waters of God. The prophet Jeremiah coined the term

AI Sermon Series #3: The Formation of the Human Heart

Sermon | May 21, 2023

Click here to watch the sermon As we return to the topic of artificial intelligence today, part 3 in a 4-part series, we continue thinking about what it means to be human, and how we can be a better at being human, based on who our God is… I want to share a poem

AI Sermon Series #2: The Ontological Nature of a Person

Sermon | May 14, 2023

Click here to watch the sermon Last Sunday we learned from Peter that we have a title: the Royal Priesthood. It is the title of humanity, shared by all humanity, universally. In the age of generative artificial intelligence being human is becoming our common denominator, our core connection, and hopefully, our top priority. That may

AI Sermon Series #1: AI and the Human Identity–The Royal Priesthood

Sermon | May 7, 2023

Click here to watch the sermon Good morning, today we step into the realm of artificial intelligence, as the first sermon in our series about who we are because of who our God is. Artificial intelligence is big, and it is something we are hearing a lot about, not because it’s a fad, but because

The Good Shepherd and the Gate

Sermon | April 30, 2023

I love it when Jesus speaks clearly. I enjoy his parables too, with their complexity and their layers and their occasional cryptic-ness. As Jesus followers, we know that ANYTHING he says is going to be awesome. He is JESUS!! But when he is clear in what he is saying, there is nothing like it. It

We are the Samaritans

Sermon | March 12, 2023

Who were the Samaritans? We’ve all heard Jesus’s parable of the Good Samaritan, the religious outsider who compassionately cared for the poor man beaten and left for dead in the ditch. The man who had been avoided by the religious insiders, the Priest and the Levite, because they thought he might be dead and coming

Spiritual Non-Negotiables

Sermon | February 12, 2023

Good morning, Epiphany. There was a moment at the end of the Christmas holidays when irritation started to overtake me. My son Desmond asked me to drive him to the airport on a Tuesday at 4:30 in the morning. Now, I don’t mind getting up early, that wasn’t the issue. The issue was when I

Fasting and Lent

Sermon | February 5, 2023

Lent begins in a little over two weeks. When one hears the word “Lent”, one often associates it with “fasting.” Perhaps you are thinking, as I have in the past, that you’ll give up alcohol, or chocolate, or your daily triple venti mocha with whipped cream for 40 days…and you’re done. But in today’s lesson

We are Beatitude People

Sermon | January 29, 2023

Good morning, Epiphany. It is delightful to have you together at one service. We gather as one body because it’s our annual meeting, and all members are encouraged to be present to vote for the Vestry, and to hear what has happened this past year, and where we are headed. So, thank you for being

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