June 2, 2024 | Nicola Patton | Acts 2:41-47 NRSV After Pentecost comes ordinary life in community among the believers. And within that community, we find unity that celebrates diversity. The differences among believers are not prerequisites for belonging but unique aspects that contribute to the beloved community. The group had everything in common […]
May 19, 2024 | Janette Hur Ok | Acts 2:1-13; 1 Corinthians 12:12, 21-26 Diversity is both a gift and a challenge because embracing difference is incredibly difficult. We need the continual presence and power of the Spirit to unify our diversity. The Spirit’s Christ-centering power empowers us to divest ourselves again and again […]
May 12, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Joel 2:23-29 Before the wind of Pentecost, we find the waiting of the prophetic fulfillment of Joel 2:23-29. The promises are for the restoration of all things, beginning with the soil, the animals, and humankind. God sees our devastation and promises to restore the years that the […]
April 28, 2024 | Bobby Harrison | Deuteronomy 38-40 This sermon looks at the relationship between death and resurrection, particularly by looking at the end of the life of Moses. In his story, we see ways we may be led to resist death alongside paths of receiving death. And this just may inform how […]
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 […]