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...
by Dan Chase | Mar 8, 2026 | Sermons
March 8, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 32:1-11; Luke 13:31-34 Told to flee because Herod wants him dead, Jesus keeps right on with his work. Rev. Derek van Gulden remembers a hospital doctor who insisted The Da Vinci Code made seminary unnecessary, and suggests...
by Dan Chase | Mar 1, 2026 | Sermons
March 1, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 37:23-27; Isaiah 55:1-9 In a Lenten series on the Camino de Santiago, Rev. Derek van Gulden reflects on journeying together, whether on foot, by canoe or by Zoom, and reads the Pilgrim’s Prayer, carried in a plastic...
by Dan Chase | Feb 22, 2026 | Sermons
February 22, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 1; Luke 3:21; Luke 4:1-13 On the first Sunday of Lent, with Jesus in the wilderness, Rev. Derek van Gulden opens an old Kenya journal: a lay bishop who carried Jesse Jackson’s ‘Keep hope alive’ on his...
by Dan Chase | Feb 15, 2026 | Sermons
February 15, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 40:1-10; John 1:32-47 As Lent approaches, Rev. Derek van Gulden asks how we’d answer Jesus’ invitation, ‘Come and see’, and the congregation answers back. Drawing on a course on spirituality in...
by Dan Chase | Feb 1, 2026 | Sermons
February 1, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Exodus 3:1-10; Matthew 25:31-40 On annual meeting Sunday, Rev. Derek van Gulden stands with Moses at the burning bush: this sanctuary is holy ground, and so is wherever you are. After the congregation stands still to feel the...
