I Will Show You The Way of the Desert

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 3/9/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 4:1-13. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now Today is the first Sunday in Lent. Lent is …

The Kingdom of God is a Drag Net

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 2/9/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 5:1-11. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now In our reading this morning from the Gospel of …

The Jesus Inauguration: From Praise to Rage

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 1/26/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 4:14-30. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now The Gospel of Luke tells us that after his …

Enduring in Exile: Finding Purpose Amidst Defeat

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/09/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Jeremiah 29:1-14. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now This is how Jerusalem was captured: in the ninth …

From Suffering to Sight: Job, Bartimaeus, and the Faces of God

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 10/27/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Job 42:1-6, Mark 10:46-52. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now I don’t know what the editors of …

What is Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit?

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 6/9/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was:  1 Samuel 8:4-20 & 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 & Mark 3:20-359. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now I …