In Praise of Asaph: Celebrating our Music Director
In the Bible—in both the Hebrew Scripture and the New Testament—the name Asaph appears over 30 times. Often an unsung hero, our scripture for today points to his significance for
Continue readingEmails from Jamaica: A Communion Story
To listen to this sermon, click here. New Testament Reading—1 Corinthians 10: 16-17 First a disclaimer: The following story is from the point of view of a fictional character named
Continue readingThe Life of Longing
To listen to this sermon, click here. Hebrew Scripture Reading—Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 One of my least favorite memories of college was the semester I decided to take a course entirely devoted
Continue readingSomewhere in Vancouver
To listen to this sermon, click here. Hebrew Scripture Reading—Jeremiah 32: 1-3, 6-15 This morning I suspect that somewhere in Vancouver there is someone who at this very moment feels
Continue readingThe Greatest Flood Since Noah
Listen to this sermon by clicking here. Hebrew Scripture Reading—Genesis 7: 11-15 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the
Continue readingThe Mother of All Novels: Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, Recently, I compiled a list of ten books that I thought I needed to read for one reason or another. I have created similar reading
Continue readingAn Invitation to Monkey Around: Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, Two years ago my then four-year-old niece introduced me to the pleasures of making monkey bread. For the uninitiated, monkey bread is a sticky, gooey
Continue readingWho Will Stand up for Workers?
To listen to this sermon, click here. Hebrew Scripture Reading—Ecclesiastes 4: 1-12 Last year a group of researchers from various think tanks published a study on working conditions that was
Continue readingSpirituality and Nursing
This sermon was a dialogue between Pastor Brooks and Barbara McCracken. Barbara is Clinical Manager of Care Management at Southwest Washington Medical Center. To listen to this sermon, click here.
Continue readingFinding Your Song: Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, In his most recent book Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, the world-renowned Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano writes of the unacknowledged, though often stolen and plagiarized,
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