• "On the Journey - Confirmation/Affirmation Sunday" Psalm 23, May 9, 2010
• "Untraditional - An Ordination Sermon" Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 and Mark 10:35-45, April 25, 2010
• "The Life of a Faithful Failure" John 21.1-19, April 18, 2010
  
• "Looking for the Living" Luke 24.1–12, Easter Sunday 2010
  
• "Everyone Loves a Parade" Luke 19.28–40, Palm Sunday 2010
  
• "Poured Out" Luke 17:20-21, 21 March 2010
• "A Prodigal Parable" Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, 14 March 2010
• "Nourishing Spirituality" Psalm 63.1–8 & Isaiah 55.1–9
  
• "The Fears that Haunt Us" Psalm 27, 28 February 2010
  
• "Tikkun Olam" Luke 9.1–6, 21 February 2010
  
• "Wilderness Time" Luke 4.1–13, Ash Wednesday 2010
• "Meaningful Metanoia" Luke 9.28–36, 14 February 2010
  
• "Into Deep Water" Luke 5.1–11, 7 February 2010
  
• "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Jeremiah 1.4–10 & Luke 4.16–30, 31 January 2010
  
• "Dig the Foundation Deep" Luke 6:47-49, 17 January 2010
• "The Quick and the Dead" Luke 3.15–17 & 21–22, 10 January 2010
  
• "En Route" Matthew 2.1–12, 3 January 2010
  

• "Sing a Different Song - But Don't Change My Favorite Hymns!" Isaiah 12:2-6, 20 December 2009
  
• "Signs, Symbols & Seasons" Jeremiah 33.14-16 and Luke 21.25-36, 29 November 2009
  
• "Life in Death" (Totenfest/All Saints) John 11.32-44, 1 November 2009
  
• "Ongoing Reformation" Psalm 46, 25 October 2009
• "Freedom and Servanthood" Mark 10.35–45, 18 October 2009
• "Commune-ity"(World Communion Sunday) 1 Corinthians 11.17-26, 4 October 2009
• "The Last and Least" Mark 9.30–37, 27 September 2009
  
• "Saving Jesus" Mark 8.27–30, 20 September 2009
  
• "Wisdom Cries Out" Proverbs 1.20–33, 13 September 2009
  
• "Just Wisdom" Proverbs 22.1–2, 8–9, 22–23, 6 September 2009
  
• "Gifted and Talented" 1 Corinthians 12.1–11, 30 August 2009
  
• "God's Rainbow of Humanity" Mark 7.24-37, 16 August 2009
• "Under the Broom Tree" 1 Kings 19.4-8, 9 August 2009
• "A Meditation with the 23rd Psalm" Psalm 23, 26 July 2009
  
• "Hometown Prophets" Mark 6.1–13, 5 July 2009
• "Wild Growth" Mark 4.26–34, 14 June 2009
• "Founded in the Flow" Psalm 24, 7 June 2009
  
• "Out of Control --> Into Faith " Mark 4.35-41, 21 June 2009
• "Intimate Love " John 17, 24 May 2009
  
• "Hearts and Minds" Acts of the Apostles 8.26-40, 17 May 2009
  
• "Simple Abundance" Psalm 23, 3 May 2009
  
• "Bon Courage" Luke 24.36b-48, 26 April 2009
  
• "Unbelievable Gifts" Acts 4.32-35 and John 20.19-29, 19 April 2009
• "Life Before Death " (Easter) Mark 16.1-8, 12 April 2009
• "Triumph - Tragedy - Triumph" Mark 11.1-11, 5 April 2009
• "Dying Seeds; New Fruit John 12.24-26, 29 March 2009
• "Thou Shalt..." Exodus 20.1-17, 15 March 2009
• "Living in Faithfulness " Genesis 17.1-7, 15-16, 8 March 2009
• "Releasing Our Anxiety " Matthew 6.19-21 and 24-34, 1 March 2009
• "Dust of Heaven " Isaiah 58.1-12 & Matthew 6.1-6 and 16-21, 25 February 2009
• "Light of the World" Mark 9.2-9, 22 February 2009
• "Following Directions" II Kings 5.1-14, 15 February 2009
• "Live Our Faith, Free Our Future" Isaiah 40:21-31, 8 February 2009
  
• "Ultimate Authority" Mark 1.21-28, 1 February 2009
• "Inviting, Transforming, and Sending" Mark 1.14-20, 25 January 2009
• "Our Call, Our Hope " 1 Samuel 3.1-10, 18 January 2009
• "Waters of Love" Genesis 1:1-5 & Mark 1:4-11 - January 11, 2009
• "An Anti-Imperial Church" Matthew 2.1-12, 4 January 2009

• "Birth: Possibility, Promise...and Pain" Christmas Eve Meditation 2008
• "Prepare" Isaiah 40.1-5 & Mark 1.1-8, 7 December 2008
• "Watchful Waiting" Mark 13.24-37, 30 November 2008
• "Set Apart with Blessing" 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11 & Matthew 5.14-15, 16 November 2008
• "Welcome Home" Psalm 90:1-6 - October 23, 2008
• "Give to God..." Matthew 22:15-22 - October 19, 2008
• "Rejoice Now!" Philippians 4:4-9 - October 12, 2008
• "Come to the Party" Matthew 22:1-14 - October 5, 2008
• "A House of Prayer for All People" Isaiah 56:1-8 & Matthew 22:36-40 - September 28, 2008
• "Pray without Ceasing" Matthew 6:5-15 & I Thessalonians 5:16-22 - September 21, 2008
• "I Could Be Wrong" Romans 14:1-12 - September 14, 2008
• "All That Bread" Matthew 14:13-21 - August 3, 2008
• "Stepping Into the Ring" Genesis 32:22-31 - July 27, 2008
• "All in the Family" Matthew 5:21-24 - July 13, 2008
• "Holy Housekeeping" - June 15, 2008
• "Breaking Boundaries" Matthew 9:18-26 - June 8, 2008
• "Divine Optimism" Matthew 6:25-34 - May 25, 2008
• "Pentechaos" John 20:19b-22a & Acts 2:1-13 37:1-14 - May 11, 2008
• "With Burning Hearts" Luke 24:13-35 - April 6, 2008
• "Pneumatic Faith " Ezekiel 37:1-14 - March 9, 2008
• "Seeing with Blind Eyes" 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-13a & John 9:1, 6b-11, 35-41 - March 2, 2008
• "The Water of Life" John 4:5-14 - February 24, 2008
• "On the Road Again " Genesis 12:1-4a - February 17, 2008
• "Lent 2008" Matthew 4:1-11 - February 10, 2008
• "Worshipping with Body & Soul" Isaiah 58:1-12 & Matthew 6:1-6 - Ash Wednesday February 6, 2008
• "The Journey of Transformation" Exodus 24:12-18 & Matthew 17:1-9 - February 2, 2008
• "Salty, Yeasty People" Matthew 5:13-20 - January 20, 2008
• "The Baptized Life" Matthew 3:13-17 - January 13, 2008
• "What Gift Can We Bring" Matthew 2:1-12 - January 6, 2008

• "Thank God for Advent" Luke 12:32-40 - December 9, 2007
• "Transforming Peace" Isaiah 2:1-5 & Psalm 122 - December 2, 2007
• "Return to Paradise" Luke 23:39-43 - November 25, 2007
• "Bless It " Luke 1:68-79 - November 11, 2007
• "Reformed and Reforming" Romans 16:1-16 - October 28, 2007
• "Simple Abundance" John 10:10 - October 21, 2007
• "Living Everyday in Gratitude" Luke 17:11-19 - October 14, 2007
• "Passionate Wanderers" Psalm 139:1-12 - October 7, 2007
• "Being a Christian in the Age of Empire" 1 Timothy 6:6-19 & Luke 16:19-31 - September 30, 2007
• "How Jesus Read the Bible" Isaiah 56:3-5 & Matthew 19:11-12 - September 23, 2007
• "How Firm a Foundation" Luke 6:43-49 - August 26, 2007
• "Pioneer and Perfecter" Hebrews 11:29-12:2 - August 19, 2007
• "By Faith" Hebrews 11:1-3,8-16 - August 12, 2007
• "Counterintuitive Investing" Colossians 3:1-11 & Luke 12:13-21 - August 5, 2007
• "The Most Subversive Prayer You'll Ever Offer" Luke 11:1-13 - July 29, 2007
• "They Kept the Furniture...We Kept the Faith" Exodus 27:1-8 - July 1, 2007
• "Wings for the Weary" Isaiah 40:25-31 - July 22, 2007
• "That They May All Be One" John 17:20-26 - June 17, 2007
• "Bearers of New Life" Luke 7:11-17 - June 10, 2007
• "Hope in the Spirit" Romans 5:1-5 - June 3, 2007
• "Voices and Visions" Acts 2:1-21 - May 27, 2007
• "Judea, Samaria, and to the Ends of the Earth" Acts 1:1-11 - May 20, 2007
• "Building an Unexpected Church" Acts 16:9-15 - May 13, 2007
• "Taboos & Transformations" Acts 11:1-18 & Revelation 21:1-6 - May 6, 2007
• "Laity Sunday - Jake Joseph" Psalm 38:14-20 - April 29, 2007
• "Laity Sunday - John Karbula" Ecclesiastes 9:3-10 - April 29, 2007
• "Rehabilitating Paul" Acts of the Apostles 9:1-20 - April 22, 2007
• "Looking for the Living" Isaiah 65:17-25 & I Corinthians 15:19-26 & Luke 24:1-12 - April 8, 2007
• "A Sacrifice of Palms" Luke 19:28-40 - Palm Sunday April 1, 2007
• "Martha Served" John 12:1-11 - March 25, 2007
• "The Prodigal Father" Luke 15:1-3 and 11b-32 - March 18, 2007
• "Feeding the Hole or Filling the Whole" Isaiah 55:1-9 - March 11, 2007
• "Light, Salvation, Stronghold" Psalm 27 - March 4, 2007
• "Forty Days of Seeking" Luke 4:1-13 - February 25, 2007
• "The Path of Humility" Isaiah 58:1-12 and Matthew 6:1-6 - Ash Wednesday, February 21, 2007
• "On the Edge of Dreaming" Luke 9:28-36 - February 18, 2007
• "The Other Beatitudes" Luke 6:17-26 - February 11, 2007
• "...And Then What?" Luke 5:1-11 - February 4, 2007
• "Talking in Tongues" 1 Corinthians 13 - January 28, 2007
• "The Household of God" 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a - January 21, 2007
• "Engaging the Journey" Psalm 72:1-7 & Matthew 2:1-12 - January 7, 2007

• "Christmas Eve Meditation" December 24, 2006
• "And You, Child" Luke 1:67-79 - December 10, 2006
• "The Little Book of Consolation" Jeremiah 33:14-16 - December 3, 2006
• "God of Love, God of Fear" Deuteronomy 6:1-9 - November 26, 2006
• "Gratitude in Exile" Jeremiah 29:1,4-7 - November 19, 2006
• "Gathered Together" Ruth 1:1-18 & Matthew 18:15-20 - November 12, 2006
• "Abundance Abounds" Luke 12:13-31 - November 5, 2006
• "The End/The Middle/The Beginning" John 11:32-44 - October 29, 2006
• "The Servant" Mark 10:35-45 - October 22, 2006
• "Releasing Attachments" Mark 10:17-31 - October 15, 2006
• "...but the Bible Says..." Mark 10:2-16 - October 8, 2006
• "For Such a Time as This" Esther 4:10-17 - October 1, 2006
• "Who is Great?" Mark 9:33-37 - September 24, 2006
• "Gifts Differing" Romans 12:1-8 - September 10, 2006
• "Meeting the Holy" 1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-43 - August 27, 2006
• "Equipping the Saints" Ephesians 4:1-16 - August 6, 2006
• "Bread for the World" John 6:1-14 - July 30, 2006
• "Where Does God Live" 2 Samuel 7:1-14a - July 23, 2006
• "All That Is in It" Psalm 24 - July 16, 2006
• "This Is My Song" 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 - July 2, 2006
• "Faith and Fear" Mark 4:35-41 - June 25, 2006
• "Seedtime and Harvest" Mark 4:26-34 - June 18, 2006
• "A Pentecostal Church" Acts 2:1-21 - June 4, 2006
• "What Are We Waiting for?" Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11 - May 28, 2006
• "The One Commandment" John 15:9-11 - May 21, 2006
• "Off the Beaten Path" Acts 8:26-40 - May 14, 2006
• "How Does God's Love Abide?" I John 3:16-24 - May 7, 2006
• Youth Sunday - April 30, 2006
• "Who Will Roll the Stone" Mark 16:1-8 - April 16, 2006
• "The Week of Palms and Passion" Mark 11:1-11 - April 9, 2006
• "We Give You But Your Own" I Chronicles 29:10-20 - April 2, 2006
• "A House Where All Are Welcome" I Chronicles 29:1-9 & Luke 12:48b - March 26, 2006
• "Covenant Faithfulness" Genesis 17:1-7 - March 5, 2006
• "Ashes and Stardust" Isaiah 58:1-12 & Matthew 6:1-6 - March 1, 2006
• "Miracle Markers" Joshua 4:1-9 - March 19, 2006
• "Doing a New Thing" Isaiah 43:18-25 - February 19, 2006
• "The God of Evolution" Genesis 1:1-25 & 2:4b-7 - February 12, 2006
• "To Be Healed" Mark 1:29-39 - February 5, 2006
• "Preacher's Block" Mark 1:21-28 - January 29, 2006
• "Come Down to the Lakeshore" Mark 1:14-20 - January 22, 2006
• "No Comparison" Luke 3:15-17,21-22 - January 15, 2006
• "A Generation of Seekers" Matthew 2:1-12 - January 8, 2006
• "In Praise of Slowness" Luke 2:22-40 - January 1, 2006

 2005

• "Heaven and Nature Sing" Psalm 98 & Luke 2:8-20 - December 25, 2005
• "Who Would Think That What Was Needed..." December 24, 2005
• "Band-aids for Deep Wounds" Isaiah 61.1-4 & Luke 2:1-5 - December 11, 2005
• "Comfort Ye, My People" Isaiah 40.1-11 & Mark 1.1-8 - December 4, 2005
• "Singing the Song Sharing the Spirit" Luke 1:26-56 - November 27, 2005
• "Thanksgiving Service" Matthew 6:25-33 - November 24, 2005
• "Sacred Saturday" Mark 2:33-3:5 - November 13, 2005
• "Why Read the Bible?" Psalm 119:103-105 - October 23, 2005
• "Thanks to God for All of You" 1 Thessalonians 1.1-5 - October 16, 2005
• "An Invitation You Can Refuse" Philippians 4:1-9 & Luke 14.16-24 - October 9, 2005
• "Interpreting Communion" Mark 14:22-25 - October 2, 2005
• "Won't You Let Me Be Your Servant" Philippians 2:1-11 - September 25, 2005
• "Pelagius Was Right" Psalm 139:1-18 - September 18, 2005
• "Being Community" Matthew 18:15-20 - September 11, 2005
• "As We Forgive Our Debtors" Matthew 18:21-25 - September 4, 2005
• "The Ethics of Harmony" Romans 12:9-21 - August 28, 2005
• "Who Do You Say That I Am?" Matthew 16:13-20 - August 21, 2005
• "Time Out" 1 Kings 19:9-18 - August 7, 2005
• "Abundance" Isaiah 55:1-5 and Matthew 14:13-21 - July 31, 2005
• "Inseparable Love" Romans 8:26-39 - July 24, 2005
• "Aliens in 'Our' Land" Jeremiah 7:1-7 - July 17, 2005
• "Creativity" Genesis 1:1-2:4a, 2:4b-25 - June 26, 2005
• "It's Okay to Let Go" Matthew 10:24-33 and Romans 6:1-11 - June 19, 2005
• "Hearers and Doers" Romans 2:12-16 and Matthew 7:21-28 - May 29, 2005
• "The End " Matthew 28:16-20 - May 22, 2005
• "A Church Renaissance" Matthew 25:14-28 - May 15, 2005
• "Immanence and Transcendence" Acts of the Apostles 17:22-31 - May 8, 2005
• "A Sense of Perspective" Luke 6:37-41 - May 1, 2005
• "Metaphor Be With You" Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 and 1 Peter 2:2-10 - April 24, 2005
• "Glad and Generous Hearts" Acts of the Apostles 2:42-47 - April 17, 2005
• "Peace is With You" John 20:19-31 - April 3, 2005
• "Living the Resurrection Question" Matthew 28:1-10 - March 27, 2005
• "The Prophet-Slave from Nazareth" Matthew 21:1-11 - March 20, 2005
• "Dimensions of Shalom" Isaiah 9:2b-7 - March 13, 2005
• "The Vision Thing" John 9:1-12 - March 6, 2005
• "Stuck Between Promise and Fulfillment: A Travelogue" Exodus 17:1-7 - February 27, 2005
• "Decisions, Decisions" Genesis 2.15-17 & 3.1-7 and Matthew 4.1-11 - February 13, 2005
• "Ash Wednesday Homily " Isaiah 58:1-2 and Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 - February 9, 2005
• "Don't Just Do Something...Sit There!" Exodus 24.12-18 and Matthew 17.1-11 - February 6, 2005
• "Resonant Themes" Micah 6.1-8 and Matthew 5.1-12 - January 30, 2005
• "Rescuing Repentance from Fundamentalism" Matthew 4.12-23 - January 23, 2005
• "What Gift Can We Bring?" Isaiah 60.1-6 and Matthew 2.1-12 - January 9, 2005

• "How Is God with us" Isaiah 7.10-16 and Matthew 1.18-25 - December 19, 2004
• "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Messiahs" Isaiah 11.1-10 and Matthew 3.1-12 - December 5, 2004
• "Walk This Way" Isaiah 2.1-5 - November 28, 2004
• "Treetop Experiences" Luke 19.1-10 - October 31, 2004
• "Prayerful Humility" Luke 18.9-14 - October 24, 2004
• "You Be the Judge" Luke 18.1-8 - October 17, 2004
• "Extra/Ordinary Calling" Luke 17.5-10 - October 3, 2004
• "Myth Proposes, Parable Disposes" Luke 16.1-13 - September 19, 2004
• "Releasing Attachments" Luke 14.25-33 - September 5, 2004
• The Four Pillars of Christian Faith, Part IV, "Basileia: God's Kingdom of Justice & Peace" Luke 9.1-6 & 17.20-21 July 18, 2004
• The Four Pillars of Christian Faith, Part III, "Agape: Self-Sacrificial Love" Psalm 136, John 15.12-17, Romans 12.9-21 - July 11, 2004
• The Four Pillars of Christian Faith, Part II, "Pistis: Relationship with God" Matthew 6.5-15 & 14.22-33 - July 4, 2004
• The Four Pillars of Christian Faith, Part I, "Koinonia: Community" John 17.20-23 and 1 Corinthians 12.27-31 - June 27, 2004
• "The Ministry of Hospitality " Luke 7.36-8.3 - June 6, 2004
• "Empowering and Embracing" Genesis 11.1-9 and Acts of the Apostles 2.1-12 - May 30, 2004
• "Left Behind" The Ascension: Acts of the Apostles 1.1-11 - May 23, 2004
• "A Passion for the Possible" Revelation 21.1-6 - May 16, 2004
• "Welcoming the Exiles Home" Psalm 137.1-6 and Galatians 2.11-14 - May 2, 2004
• "The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth" April 25, 2004
• "The Patron Saint of Doubt" John 20.19-31 - April 18, 2004
• "The Realm of Life - Here and Now" Romans 6.3-11 and Luke 24.1-12 - April 11, 2004 (Easter)
• "From Triumph to Tragedy..." Luke 19.28-48 - April 4, 2004
• "Aimlessness and Sin" Psalm 32, Luke 15.1-3, 11b-32 - March 21, 2004
• "Meals that Satisfy" Psalm 63.1-8 and Isaiah 55.1-9 - March 14, 2004
• "Today's Amistads" Psalm 27 - March 7, 2004
• "Resisting the Powers" Luke 4.1-13 - February 29, 2004
• "Down to the Lakeshore...And out into Deep Water" Luke 5.1-11 - February 8, 2004
• "What Does God See in You?" Jeremiah 1.4-10 and Luke 4.16-30 - February 1, 2004
• "Our Dream for Plymouth" Acts of the Apostles 2.14-18 - January 25, 2004
• "A Symbolic Vintage" John 2.1-11 - January 18, 2004
• "The Case for Adoption" Luke 3.15-17, 21-22 - January 11, 2004

2003

• "Jesus Unbolted" Christmas Eve Meditation - December 24, 2003
• "Bringing God" Luke 1.39-55 (The Magnificat) - December 21, 2003
• "Prepare the Way" Luke 3.1-6 - December 7, 2003
• "The Days Are Surely Coming" Jeremiah 33.14-16 - November 30, 2003
• "Consecrate and Bless" Mark 12.38-44 - November 23, 2003
• "For ALL the Saints" Ruth 1.1-18 & 22 - November 2, 2003
• "A New Vision" Mark 10.46-52 - October 26, 2003
• "Called As Servants" Mark 10.35-45 - October 19, 2003
• "Inspiring Generosity" Mark 10.17-31 - October 12, 2003
• "Removing Obstacles" Mark 9.38-50 - September 28, 2003
• "The Better Part of Wisdom" Proverbs 1.20-33 - September 14, 2003
• "God's Rainbow of Humanity" Mark 7.24-37 - September 7, 2003
• "How Can We Keep From Singing?" Psalm 98 - August 24, 2003
• "Discerning New Paths" I Kings 3.3-14 - August 17, 2003
• "Away to a Deserted Place" Psalm 23 and Mark 6.30-34 - July 20, 2003
• "Whose Planet?" Psalm 24 - July 13, 2003
• "Unwelcome Prophets" Mark 6.1-13 - July 7, 2003
• "Shhhh....Don't Tell!" Mark 5.21-43 - June 29, 2003
• "Grounding Hope" Psalm 107 v. 1-3, 23-32 and Mark 4.35-41 - June 22, 2003
• "Empowering and Embracing Us" Acts of Apostles 2.1-19 - June 8, 2003
• "The Denomination that Gets There First" Galatians 3.19-29 - May 4, 2003
• "Resurrection Always Happens" Mark 16.1-8 - April 20, 2003
• "A New Covenant" Jeremiah 31.31-34 - April 4, 2003
• "Shabbat Shalom" Exodus 20.1-17 - March 23, 2003
• "A Journey of Transformation" Genesis 17.1-7 & 15-16 - March 16, 2003
• "Remembering Our Commitments" Genesis 9.8-17 - March 9, 2003
• "Altaring the Past" Genesis 22.1-14 and I Corinthians 10.14-22 - March 2, 2003
• “Healing and Wholeness ” Mark 2.1–12 - February 23, 2003
• “Out to a Deserted Place ” Mark 1.29–39 -February 9, 2003
  
• “A New Authority” Mark 1.21–28 - February 2, 2003