The Courage to Sink
Modern slavery, a half-hearted rescue, and a sinking disciple: a sermon on what makes a response to injustice faithful, not just felt.
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The Moral High Ground We Don’t Have
Paul grieves for Israel rather than standing apart in judgement – and asks what it would cost us to stop pointing the finger only outward.
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More Than Chicken Soup
When grief leaves us wordless and a hard parable unsettles us, Jesus promises that nothing – not even death – can separate us from God’s love.
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Meditations on a Rock
We don’t need a stairway to heaven. We need eyes to see it already here, in nature, in the body, in ordinary life.
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Out Standing in My Field
Sowing without sorting the soil first: reckless, generous welcome amid addiction, loss, and quiet hope.
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Two Necks, One Yoke
Being “inclusive” doesn’t end the old habit of exclusion – it just relocates it. Jesus offers a different yoke instead.
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Gotta Serve Somebody
Fear-driven religion and fear-driven politics run on the same engine. Paul knew it. Abraham discovered it. Grace is the only thing that breaks the cycle.
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Faith is not a thing of the mind
Faith is not a mental exercise — it’s the reaching, grasping, hoping of beggars who trust that God’s grace will prevail.
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Our Invitation into the Trinity
An ancient icon of the Trinity shows us a table of radical hospitality — and calls us not just to sit at it, but to become it.
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What Spirit Are You Drinking?
Jesus offers living water to a world sold counterfeit spirits — but bad experiences with cheap substitutes needn’t put us off the real thing.
