What Do We Do While We’re Waiting for Jesus?

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/11/22, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was:  James 5:7-10 & Matthew 11:2-11. 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 One of the critiques that early …

What Is A Quaker Sermon?

A friend recently asked me: “What is the difference between giving a sermon in a programmed setting versus giving vocal ministry in an unprogrammed meeting for worship?” I responded: We know that first-generation Quakers (George Fox in particular) would often preach for hours at a time. And during the Quietist Period (late 1600s to early 1800s), we …

If God Became Human, Could Humans Become God?

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/26/21, at Berkeley Friends Church (via videoconference). The scripture reading for this sermon was: John 1:1-18 & Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7. 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 the …

Crossing the Greatest Divide

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 9/12/21, at Berkeley Friends Church (via videoconference). The scripture reading for this sermon was: Mark 8:27-38. 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 During the decade or so …

Do We Really Want Jesus to Captain the Boat?

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 7/25/21, at Berkeley Friends Church (via videoconference). The scripture reading for this sermon was: John 6:1-21. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to the Sermon Now I’m imagining us together …

Do You Feel Left Out At Church? So Did The Apostle Thomas

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 4/11/21, at Berkeley Friends Church (via videoconference). The scripture reading for this sermon was: John 20:19-31. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to the Sermon Now It was night time …