April 21, 2024 | Earth Day – Eastertide – Salena Marie Scott Salena Scott shares her unique journey of how caring for creation began to care for her disabled body in return, and why she thinks Jesus calls us to commune with the land we live on. Salena is a poet and an advocate […]
April 14, 2024 | John Williams | Matthew 5:6 The sermon explores the concept of Restorative Justice and its vital role in building a beloved community. Through the framework of the Sermon on the Mount, the address invites congregants to embrace deep humility, courageous listening, unintimidated speech, and the amplification of the stories of […]
April 7, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Luke 24:36-43 After the revelation at the table at the end of the road to Emmaus, Jesus again appears to his disciples and introduces himself saying, “Peace be with you”. Through a wordcloud exercise, Pastora Inés invites our congregations to a communal reflection of Scripture asking what […]
March 31, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Luke 24:28-35 After the resurrection, Jesus goes searching for his friends and listens to their dashed hopes on the road to Emmaus. The disciples don’t recognize him until he takes the bread, gives thanks, and shares it. Resurrection is a road and a ritual where Jesus’ presence […]
March 29, 2024 | Mondo and Salena Scott, Mike Hale A contemplative liturgy of sight, sound, and solidarity as we center a table of remembrance and reflect on the cross of Christ. This Good Friday Observance included musical, poetic, and visual exploration where we meditated on the unjust crucifixion of Jesus and sought solace […]
March 24, 2024 | Bobby Harrison | Mark 11 In our bilingual Palm Sunday service, we reimagined the biblical narrative of Jesus riding in on a donkey through the eyes of a little girl and her family. May this immersive, imaginative tale bring new eyes and ears to a familiar pillar of our Easter […]
March 17, 2024 | Sandy Lee Schaupp | Matthew 26:26-29, Revelations 7:9 This sermon explores the question, “What keeps us from pondering heaven?” Sandy vulnerably shares her own journey with how the fear of death or assumptions about who gets to be in heaven blocked her from pondering heaven. She invites listeners to actively […]
March 10, 2024 | Bobby Harrison | John 12:23-25 In this sermon, we look at the invitation Jesus gives us in the Gospel of John to release our whole lives unto God in order for the fullness of God to have its way with us.
March 3, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | John 6:1-14 In the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000, if we count women and children, Jesus actually fed about 15,000+. Jesus sees the marginalized and hungry crowds and invites his disciples to provide. A young boy brings his sack lunch that maybe his mom baked […]
February 25, 2024 | Angela Scott Lee