Sermons

Click here to watch the video. Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 The other day on National Public Radio, I heard the last few minutes of an interview with Francesca Gino, a Harvard Business School professor whose new book is entitled Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life.  Professor Gino describes how her four-and-a-half year old son […]

Click here to watch the video. Psalm 126 Psalm 126 is one of my favorites.  It is eloquent and bursting with imagery, rich in metaphor and meaning.  It also speaks to me when life is good and life is not so good. The psalm divides very neatly into two sections, each three verses long.  In the first section the psalmist is

Click here to watch the sermon. Psalm 96:1-9 When I started here as your senior pastor five years ago, I did my best not to change things, particularly in worship. Since you’d had one pastor for nearly 24 years, I figured that me just being me was quite enough of a change! So my theory was “Add, not change,” and I

Click here to watch the video. Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. The Lord led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. The Lord said to me, “Mortal,

Click here to watch the video Galatians 3:25-29 Some days I feel like I can’t keep doing this.  I can’t keep seeing news of children in danger and still believe this country values children.  I can’t keep seeing news of families incarcerated or abandoned and still believe we are a Christian nation.  I can’t keep seeing news of innocent blood being

Click here to watch the video. The Book of Jonah The Book of Jonah is an odd little book. It starts how most books that feature prophets start: with notice that God has spoken to the prophet. The formula for prophetic books is clear and predictable. Isaiah begins: The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and

Click here to watch the sermon. Luke 15:11-32 I spend a fair amount of time planning worship. I want the liturgy and the hymns to all work together to support the theme, while also trying to make sure I have a mix of traditional hymns and newer music. So I spent considerable time this week trying to find a good hymn

Click here to watch the video. Mark 14:22-25 While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it. He said to them,

Click here to watch the sermon. 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 Some of you may remember this story. We’d been here about a year and a half and Cindy was off on her second mission trip to Cherryfield, and with her were some of the church folks that I’d become closest to here. Joshua had come to live with us, and he and

Click here to watch the sermon. This has been one of those weeks where I had to throw out my worship plan and sermon because too much has happened in the world around us. I had planned to preach on forgiveness, but after all the news about sexual assault this week, the topic did not feel appropriate. The implications were too