A Seed of Gratitude: Change Making, System Shaking, and Legacy Shaping
(As preached at Hope United Methodist Church, Bloomington, IL: 11/21/2021) Today, we are finishing up our sermon series titled Staying...
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A Death Drop of Honey in a Bitter Medicine: My Carnivalesque Faith
(As published at Whosoever Magazine) "I can not do this,” I thought to myself as I began my inaugural ascent out of the basement of The...
If Christ Can Cry, So Can You: Healing Toxic Masculinity Through the Empathetic Incarnate
(As published at Whosoever Magazine) Here I sit in quiet stillness. For 30 minutes, there is no scrolling, swiping, messaging, emailing,...
Our Collective Quandary: Re-Examination, Reformation, and Liberation
(As published in Whosoever Magazine) It is easy for the blinded oppressor, from an ivory tower of privilege, to look around at the...
A Sermon for Pentecost 2021
Pente-Chaos: The Holy Spirit of Drag By: Ms. Penny Cost First Church Somerville UCC May the holy spirit swell in the words of this page,...
Prayers for the People Amongst a Pandemic
Tonight we pray for those in isolation. For those who long for interaction and beg for intersession. Tonight we pray for those who felt...
A Prayer for Reform: Sensible Gun Laws in the US
So often in our country’s history, have “thoughts and prayers” been utilized as tools of deflection. Prayers have been offered up as...
An Ecumenical Prayer: End the Israel-Palestine Crisis and Genocide
Divine One, we come together today, not as strangers, not as neighbors, but as siblings of Your Creation. We recognize that we are called...
A Reconciliatory Prayer
Holy spirit wash over the words of this sermon so that justice may drip from every letter, love may linger on every comma, and grace may...
Silenced Prattle: Strangers Seen and Stories Heard
As a person prone to prattle it is ever more powerful to see just how often I have been stirred into silence. Tranquility. Peace. Quiet....
The Good Samaritan: Slacktivists Reimagined
In many progressive Churches, we often find ourselves circling around the story of the Good Samaritan. In sermons, the pastor speaks to...