Taking up the cross isn't to hammer others with it but to excercise a willingness to be the one hanging from it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Requesting to see the wounds isn't doubt, and isn't morbiod fascination. It's Thomas leading us away from his own nationalism into real faith. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Happy Easter! Now, let's get going. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The day is surely coming, but until it's here this will do. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The church gathers for what may be, and by this we give occasion for it to be. Impossible love! Imperitive love. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Time offers a different sort of temple in which the church can gather. It requires a lot less maintanance. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Who requires the suffering of Christ? We've often gotten that important quesiton wrong. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Maybe it's time to changeg our minds about God, that God isn't about ruin but about repair. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Sometimes what's shiny objects to our refusal to allow it to be more than that. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

We all want to change the world. The question is what end we'd hope such change will bring about. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

We're not usually this sick, but sometimes we do really need strong mediine. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Your attention is your most precious resource. Pay it to something worthy. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The call is coming from inside the house--or not. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

This is a special edition of the podcast, a talk I will give at a concert in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. near his birthday..

The Magi should frighten us--for how do they know what they know, and how do we know what this new revelation makes known and how do we know we can trust it? When orthodoxy falls by the wayside, how do you find a new--and true--way? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Here's a homily to follow the gospel readings of the nativity. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The Virgin Birth: maybe the queston shouldn't be whether it's true but should be, "If it's true, what does it mean?" Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Advent is so short; Advent is so long! Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Repentance might sound scary. It's so much more than that. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Advent begins adventure. And there's no going back. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The end of the church year brings us to what endures: love. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The question is whether we're going for with the mission or burying it for safe keeping. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

We're but in the mdidle of it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Would you take a course in the art of following. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

God's sovereinty is one more scanalandous claim of the Christian faith. History provides so many reasons to think otherwise. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Here's a sermon about true signs as opposed to graven images. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Church as sanctuary. Is this purpose enough to save us? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Will you do what you say you won't, or will you refuse but come around eventually? Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church, UCC

Fairness or grace: which do you want? Becasue you can't have both., Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The forgiven must forgive. It could have been a much shorter sermon that it is. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

How to be community with out butting in. That's a tough one. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

God begs us to pay our attention to what's worthy of it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

When religious people are short on faith. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

What are you doing here? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

God plays in the world as sufficiency. Enough can be a blessing. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The kingdom of heaven is as... Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

But which is which? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Following Jesus won't necessarily make your life easier or your relationships better. Some social structures would rather you compromise the truth than live into it. You've been warned. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Sarah laughed, gave birth to Laughter, making us sons and daughters of laughter. So laugh it up, Fuzzball. Let your lung be filled with God. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

As we embark into Ordinary Time, we'll be spending it together, which is itself the point. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Authority is the power to name what's real. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Prepared for surprise: the church is full of contradictions. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The ten-day wait between Jesus ascending and the Holy Spirit: we endure it once again. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The church isn't abut heroics, it's about creating communities where heroics are less in demand. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Jesus is going, but he is also staying. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The gospel has embodied imperitives. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Hope comes calling, so get ready to move. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Real time. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Is it possible Jesus got attached to this life? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Jesus has come to complete the creation as it is not yet finished. It's going well, of course. But it could be better. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)