by Dan Chase | Jun 7, 2026 | Sermons
June 7, 2026 · Rev. Rick Spalding · Exodus 3:1-15; Matthew 16:13-17, 21-25 Before Moses asks God’s name at the burning bush, Moses asks a question of his own: ‘Who am I?’ Rev. Rick Spalding suggests that’s where every journey toward freedom...
by Dan Chase | May 31, 2026 | Sermons
May 31, 2026 · Rev. Susan Moran · Exodus 20:1-17 Rev. Susan Moran calls the fourth commandment, to honor the Sabbath, the hardest of all, especially for activists and list-makers. With help from Thomas Merton and Wayne Muller, the sermon argues that rest is the root...
by Dan Chase | May 24, 2026 | Sermons
May 24, 2026 · Elsa M. Tranfaglia · Acts 2:1-21 On Pentecost, Elsa M. Tranfaglia starts with a kindergartner waiting for Jesus to come and clean his room, then turns to the day the church was born: a rush of wind, flames like birthday candles, and a promise that...
by Dan Chase | May 10, 2026 | Sermons
May 10, 2026 · Rev. Judy · John 14:1-14 Rev. Judy takes on one of the most troublesome lines in the Gospels, ‘No one comes to the Father except through me’, and reads it as John meant it: not a test of who’s in, but a picture of the cosmic Christ in...
by Dan Chase | May 3, 2026 | Sermons
May 3, 2026 · Rev. Judy · John 14:1, 2b, 3 and 15-21 With the congregation between pastors, Rev. Judy turns to Jesus’ promise of an advocate: ‘I will not leave you orphaned.’ The Holy Spirit is love itself, as the First Letter of John puts it: a God...
by Dan Chase | Apr 26, 2026 | Sermons
April 26, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 133; 1 Corinthians 12:25-26; Mark 12:28-35 In a last sermon before retiring, Rev. Derek van Gulden tells of a congregation that lost its building to fire and found itself again in an old Grange hall, where sunlight on a...
by Dan Chase | Apr 19, 2026 | Sermons
April 19, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Luke 24:13-35 Rev. Derek van Gulden tells a story from Kenya: a muddy ten-kilometer procession, a barefoot girl in a torn school uniform who appeared on the road, and the blessing that sent a doubting...
by Dan Chase | Apr 12, 2026 | Sermons
April 12, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 16; John 20:19-31 On Low Sunday, a week after Easter, Rev. Derek van Gulden returns to the locked room where the risen Jesus twice greets frightened disciples with ‘Peace be with you’ and breathes the Holy...
by Dan Chase | Apr 5, 2026 | Sermons
April 5, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 107; Mark 16:1-8 On Easter Sunday, Rev. Derek van Gulden asks whether the resurrection really changes anything, and answers with the people it brings hope to, among them an elderly couple in the mountains of El Salvador...
by Dan Chase | Mar 29, 2026 | Sermons
March 29, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 37:1-9; Luke 19:28b-40 On Palm Sunday, at the end of a Lent spent walking the Camino together, Rev. Derek van Gulden sets two parades side by side: Pilate’s soldiers entering Jerusalem in imperial splendor, and...
