Sermons
One of my greatest joys is preaching and leading worship. In addition to leading regular Sunday morning services at a number of congregations, I have designed and worked closely with other professionals and lay people to lead services for evening vespers, Solstice celebrations and small group ministry worship. My sermons tend to include stories from various cultural and religious traditions, as well as from my own personal experience. Music and poetry also frequently find their way into my sermons. Below are links to several of my recent sermons:
Magic from Before the Dawn of Time: Video and text
What is our most sacred responsibility? What does it mean that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves? [This is the sermon that Meadville Lombard faculty cited when I was awarded the Charles Billings Prize in Preaching at commencement on May 19, 2013.]
How to Love this World: Audio and text
When faced with great challenges, we can sometimes get caught up in questions that have to do with how to fix our world. Or how to make the world agree with our views. These questions tend to be less helpful than the central question of how do we love this world. Starting from a place of love--a love grounded in what UU theologian James Luther Adams called the covenant of being--is vitally important. This sermon explores how to keep this question front and center in all that we do.
What is our most sacred responsibility? What does it mean that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves? [This is the sermon that Meadville Lombard faculty cited when I was awarded the Charles Billings Prize in Preaching at commencement on May 19, 2013.]
How to Love this World: Audio and text
When faced with great challenges, we can sometimes get caught up in questions that have to do with how to fix our world. Or how to make the world agree with our views. These questions tend to be less helpful than the central question of how do we love this world. Starting from a place of love--a love grounded in what UU theologian James Luther Adams called the covenant of being--is vitally important. This sermon explores how to keep this question front and center in all that we do.
