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The Downside of Diversity

Wow, this is so beautiful. Blessed Advent, friends. O anitphon for...

December 01, 2015

Here’s what can happen in a community that claims diversity but doesn’t tend it faithfully:...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Live As If You Believe

Live As If You Believe 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Theologian Frederick Beuchner writes: “In the...

November 22, 2015

Who Do You Love?

Who Do You Love? Matthew 6:19-34 I have a friend who is one of those...

November 18, 2015

Prayer for the Living of These Days

The task and challenge of putting words to the rhythm of our corporate life is...

November 17, 2015

Love Will Have the Final Word

We can take in the terror and act in fear. Many do. But we are...

November 10, 2015

Beloved Community: In Pictures

Continuing the celebration this week: here are a few pictures from Sunday's 85th celebration. You...

November 09, 2015

Anniversary Prayer

Sovereign, Creator, Mother and Father of life: With thanks beyond our ability to speak, with...

November 08, 2015

Telling Our Story

Telling Our Story 85th Anniversary of The Riverside Church November 8, 2015 What a story...

November 08, 2015

One Riverside: Believe

One Riverside: Believe Mark 12: 38-44 Happy birthday, Riverside Church! We’re at the start this...

November 03, 2015

Revitalizing the Church: Tips for Congregational Leaders

I had a spirited conversation with some friends the other day about church revitalization. The...

November 01, 2015

One Riverside: Belong

One Riverside: Belong All Saints Day John 11:32-44 Two Sundays ago the New York Times...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

Questioning God in the Pulpit

This week as I sat listening to a friend share devastating medical news, I found myself unable...

October 18, 2015

Who Will Save Your Soul?

Losing My Religion: Who Will Save Your Soul? Job 38:1-21 You know what they...

October 11, 2015

True Colors

Losing My Religion: True Colors Job 23:1-9, 16-17 “Instead of saying ‘God wouldn’t give you...

October 04, 2015

Pastoral Note Addressing Gun Violence

Announced in worship on Sunday, October 4, 2015 following a mass shooting at Umpqua Community...

October 04, 2015

The Sound of Silence

Losing My Religion: The Sound of Silence Job 1:1; 2:1-10 I had just graduated from...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

Radical, But Not Really: Pope Francis

My whole city is abuzz with energy around the arrival of a special guest this...

September 20, 2015

One Way or Another

One Way or Another Psalm 1 Happy Homecoming, Riverside Church! It’s such a pleasure to...

September 13, 2015

Wake Up Call for the World

Wake Up Call for the World Mark 8:27-38 I never can read today’s passage from...

September 08, 2015

Amy Schumer and the Church: Reflections

This week has been another week of heart-wrenching news headlines, enough to make any thinking...

September 07, 2015

A Case for the Revised Common Lectionary

From the Kenyan-born, Somali poet, Warsan Shire. no one leaves home unless home is the...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

Midwifing the Future

After taking one look at my face last week, a friend patted me on the...

August 25, 2015

I recently returned from a week at Preacher Camp. There are many things to recommend...

August 09, 2015

A Lavish Welcome to the Table

God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Grace is a Choice

It occurs to me that each of us has an opportunity, at every moment and...

July 27, 2015

Because Life is a Gift

Yesterday my phone rang and my brother’s name showed up on the screen. My brother died...

July 20, 2015

You Can’t Be Serious

You Can’t Be Serious Disciples of Christ National Convention July 20, 2015 Isaiah 40:6-8 Good...

July 14, 2015

There are many, many places in this world designed to exclude people. The one place...

July 04, 2015

Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes Let America be America again. Let it be...

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