Friends,I’ve been thinking quite a bit about silence lately - and wrestling with my yearning for it at a time when silencing seems to be the objective of so many authoritarian powers. Like most things, silence isn’t good or bad in and of...

Friends,Finally, the season has come! I’m not thinking of the lovely Autumn weather that has indeed shown up, after a sizzling September and a too hot early October. And I’m not talking about the election season, God knows.I’m s...

Dear Friends,So much of life depends on how we show up for one another, and just as importantly, how we allow others to show up for us. This week in worship, we’ll reflect on what it means to live that kind of mutual care: to lend what ...

"There is joy in the presence of the angels whenever one who is lost finds their way." - Luke 15:10Friends,This week's Gospel passage is all about joy, and the need to never give up on anyone. Jesus is always getting criticized fo...

Friends,Over the past several Sundays, I’ve been intrigued and inspired by the challenging Jesus we’ve encountered in Luke’s gospel. The Jesus who says he didn’t come to bring peace, but division (Luke 12:51). The rule-breaking Jesus (L...

Dear friends,This Sunday, we’ve got a seat saved just for you.We’ll hear one of Jesus’ dinner party stories—where the guest list gets flipped, the power dynamics get shaken up, and the table looks a whole lot more like the kin-d...

Please join Pastor Andrea Steinkamp in a moment of prayer (from the August 31, 2025 service).

"Should not this woman... be set free from what is binding her, even on the sabbath day?" Luke 10:16Jesus is always getting into trouble, often because of his somewhat casual approach to rules.I can relate to that. There was a bri...

Please join Pastor Andrea Steinkamp in a moment of prayer, from the August 17 service.

Jesus said, "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" - Luke 12:49I'm back! Did you miss me? It was tempting, given the present political circumstances, to stay in Ireland, a place of relative...

Please join Pastor Sally Rausch in a moment of prayer, from the August 10, 2025 service.

"By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going." – Hebrews 11:8Friends,Summer is peak travel season, and that’s no exce...

“Some want to keep a gospel so disembodied that it doesn’t get involved at all in the world it must save. Christ is now in history. Christ is in the womb of the people. Christ is now bringing about the new heavens and the new earth.”– Fr. O...

Jesus replied, “Martha, Martha! You’re anxious and upset about so many things, but only a few things are necessary—really only one. - Luke 10:41-42Friends,As I prepare to say goodbye (for now) to this community that has raised m...

Please join Aurora Celestin in a moment of prayer, from the July 13, 2025 service.

"A Samaritan, seeing the wounded man, was moved with compassion..." Luke 10:33Friends,Jesus never calls the 'good' Samaritan good. That's our idea. The Samaritan in the famous story was just a person. A random person. Lik...

Dear Friends,This Sunday, we begin our summer worship series: Grounded in Grace, Growing in Gospel. We’ll reflect on what it means to carry the peace of Christ into the world-- not as conquerors, but as guests. Not with power, but with t...

Dear Friends,This Sunday, we'll celebrate Pride!  We're delighted to welcome our beloved friend and colleague, the Rev. Dr. Althea Spencer Miller to the pulpit. Dr. Spencer Miller is a an ordained elder in the New York Annual Confe...

Please join Rev. Dr. J. Terry Todd in a moment of prayer (from the June 29, 2025 service).

"They found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind." Luke 8:35Jesus is always going out of his way to seek people that others go out of their way to avoid. This week's scripture ...

"When Jesus saw the sick man lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, Jesus said to him, 'Do you want to be made well?'” - John 5:6Friends,Sitting at breakfast a few weeks back, our friend Cameron was telling us ...

Friends,Have you ever been in the same room and as someone you knew deeply and didn’t understand a word they were saying? How did you react? Panic and yelling? Or are you calm under pressure and able to use your know-how to work towards...