Sermons

Who would make your skin crawl and your heart feel holier-than-thou if he or she was seated next to you? It is not for us to decide who...

All these many centuries later, we modern disciples remain in the tree-walking stage as well, or in the words of the apostle Paul, we...

Tzedek  is about healing, forgiving, and helping; it is as much about the truth of God’s grace, as it is the problem of human sinfulness....

It is a blessing to put in a good word for someone, particularly someone whom society neglects or judges. It is a blessing to advocate on...

In the Bible, God creates and recreates everything with words. That means that what God says, literally goes. Psalm 89:1-8,14-16; Ruth...

Jesus said that he gave peace not as the world gives, recognizing, as Jewish scholars did before him, that God’s shalom  is an...

Divine chesed  is not romantic love, however. It is a kind of profoundly self-giving and forgiving love contractually codified in God’s...

We do not confess our sins because we regret things did not go as planned, or regret that we have been caught. We confess our sins...

Jesus is in the middle of nowhere with a lot of people who are getting hungry with his panic-stricken assistants. What’s it like when...

Our relationship with God in Jesus Christ is a lifelong journey of discernment, discovery, prayer and service. It’s not always easy to...