Annemarie Kidder: Poured Out
In her sermon on John 12, Dr. Annemarie Kidder says our works of mercy and love issue an aroma that's pleasant like aromatherapy, so people in the room breathe easier. Do people breathe easier because of us?
Kate Moorehead: The Running Father
In her sermon on Luke 15, Dean Kate Moorehead says sometimes people wander so far away from God that they forget how precious they are. But from the moment they try to return home, the Father runs to them. Runs and runs, screaming and crying and singing and dancing and loving beyond love.
Ken Whitt: All for Free!
In his sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Lent, Dr. Ken Whitt encourages us to dive in deep towards the Source where faith, hope, and love dwell. "Experience the love. Then watch the hope burst forth from the Source of love within you."
Barry Howard: Stand Firm!
In his sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Lent, Dr. Barry Howard says Paul shows us that faith doesn’t exempt us from the tough times in life, but faith does equip us to navigate the tough times with courage and perseverance, so we can stand firm.
Quincy Brown: Conflicting Narratives
As we begin our Lenten journey this year, Dr. Quincy Brown calls us to live in wilderness, to sit in the unpredictable presence of God to listen and pay attention.
Joshua Scott: Everything Changes with God
In his sermon on the Transfiguration, Joshua Scott says that we can see through this dazzling event that God changes everything by his presence. God changes everything by God being God.
Peter Wallace: Limitless Love
Day1 host Peter Wallace takes the pulpit to explore Jesus' "Sermon on the Plain," in which Jesus calls us to take love to the limit--and there is no limit.
Robyn Michalove: #Blessed
The Rev. Dr. Robyn Michalove says it is not ours to determine who is blessed and who is not, including ourselves--it's Jesus who pronounces blessing, and it can be so countercultural that we are often uncomfortable.
Chuck Robertson: I Am What I Am
In his sermon, Chuck Robertson says following Paul's example, each one of us can dare to take a good long look in the mirror and recognize that the person looking back at us - with all the baggage we’d rather hide or deny - is still, and forever, a beloved child of God.
Chuck Robertson: Tough Love
In his sermon on Paul's "Love Chapter," Chuck Robertson says love is a very practical verb. Love builds up, but it does so through the choices we make for what we say and how we act, with others foremost in mind - not just daily, but countless times each day.
Rob Lee: The Night Shift and the Story of God
The Rev. Rob Lee says the Hebrew Bible reminds us that we are people of a story. That story hasn't always made sense in the moment, but that is where God's story, intertwined with ours, becomes something drawn from the ashes of despair into the realm and reign of redemptive possibility.
Jane Mitchell Weston: The Generosity of Jesus
The Rev. Jane Weston says at Cana, Jesus shows us grace upon grace, and that we have a generous God. We can live our lives with this foundation of God's abundance embedded in our souls.
Ozzie Smith Jr.: Come and Get It
Dr. Ozzie Smith Jr. says that John preaches in the wilderness, Come and get it! Hope appears in the wilderness. "It's not over," that hope says. Grace is here, come and get it. It's yours for the asking.
Mary Hinkle Shore: Becoming Children
Dr. Mary Hinkle Shore says at Christmas, we celebrate that God does not stay at a distance. To receive Jesus is to know oneself as family--with him, with God, and with brothers and sisters too many to count.
Mary Hinkle Shore: The Boy Who Wasn't Lost
In her sermon for the 1st Sunday after Christmas, Dr. Mary Hinkle Shore says in this story, the boy Jesus forms a community no one could have imagined before he created it. Jesus is still forming unimaginable communities around himself. Because that is the business he must always be about.
Dock Hollingsworth: "Low Estate" Is Not a Charleston Plantation
In his sermon for Advent 4, Dr. Dock Hollingsworth says, like Mary, those who hear and respond to God's grace all end up singing. There are just some experiences in life that are so grand that song and dance are the only right response.
Roger Gustafson: The Advent Gift
As John the Baptist calls for repentance, Bishop Roger Gustafson says Jesus offers the fit of repentance so that we might lead reoriented lives that bear good fruit right here and now, lives that point to that kingdom that Jesus is bringing in its fullness.
Susan Langhauser: Setting the Table for Jesus
In her Advent sermon, pastor Susan Langhauser says John the Baptist’s prophetic words prepared the Way for Jesus while God was setting the table, getting ready to reveal things in a new light to others who were also being prepared.
Scott Gunn: Shining the Light of Grace
In his sermon for the First Sunday of Advent, Scott Gunn encourages us to see Advent as a time to abound in love for one another and for all, as we prepare to worship Jesus at Christmas and to greet him when he comes in glory.
Colleen Cook: What Is Truth?
The Rev. Colleen Cook says there are so many lies in our lives that Jesus came to intervene and truth-tell with love. Jesus's is a kingdom of truth, of un-forgetting who we are and whose we are.