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June 2018

June 25, 2018

Learning Leadership: A Pilgrimage to Hawaii

As I begin my fifth year as Senior Minister at The Riverside Church in the...

June 24, 2018

A Prayer for the Living of These Days

Lord, we’re here today looking for respite, relief, repair…something, anything, that will lead us safely...

June 10, 2018

Sabbath as Relationship

“Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy.” It’s number four on our list of the...

January 2018

January 13, 2018

#HolyWomenHolyLand: Triumphal Nationalism & Secret Longing…the Powerful Words of Israeli Women

It was Sunday morning, and some of the group went to church. I did not. ...

January 02, 2018

Goodbye, 2017. Bring it on, 2018!

Goodbye, 2017. I can’t say that I’m going to miss you all that much; I...

November 2017

November 21, 2017

How to Survive in Today’s America: Become an Evangelical

I proudly call myself an evangelical, though some argue that point with me. The bottom...

September 2017

September 17, 2017

Forgiveness, a Prayer

Today in worship we talked about forgiveness. Rev. Michael Livingston preached an amazing sermon on...

September 11, 2017

A Prayer for Sunday

by Michael Livingston, Executive Minister God of wind and rain, sun and moon, peaks...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

Never Alone

John 14:15-21 In the summer of 1984, everyone I knew was preoccupied with the blockbuster...

April 2017

April 13, 2017

Goodbyes: A Meditation for Maundy Thursday

I think that one of the hardest and most beautiful parts of being human is...

March 2017

March 01, 2017

Ashes, Ashes

Last week I received several expressions of gratitude for making myself available to impose ashes...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Praying in Dark Days

Having trouble finding the right words? Here's last Sunday's prayer prayed by Riverside's Minister of...

February 13, 2017

Praying in Dark Days

The following is a pastoral prayer written and delivered in Sunday worship by my excellent...

January 2017

January 29, 2017

Executive Order

Matthew 25:35-40 My name is Max Wolff. The US turned me away at...

January 22, 2017

Together

Exodus 1:8-20; Matthew 4:12-23 Here’s what I learned this week: sometimes being nasty is the same...

January 14, 2017

The Work of Worship, Matthew 3:13-17

When they teach us to plan worship and preach in seminary one of the first...

December 2016

December 24, 2016

Again, A Meditation for Christmas Eve

(**This meditation was inspired by Bishop Will Willimon’s column Christmas: Herod in Trouble) Well, here...

December 13, 2016

Welcoming an Atheist at Church

This piece was originally written in January 2014. Early in my pastoral work I found myself...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

The Election is Over. Stop the Silence.

Objectively speaking, there has been very little in the political world that one might call...

November 20, 2016

What Will Save Us

Luke 1:68-79 I don’t know how it was at YOUR house on Thanksgiving Day, but...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

Out of Many, One

I doubt I’m telling you something you don’t know, but just in case you’re wondering,...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

No More Vigils for Gun Violence

Last week we witnessed an inspiring demonstration of leadership as Democrats in Congress staged a...

June 25, 2016

Love Marches On

Happy Pride weekend, New York City! I bring you greetings tonight from our community in which...

June 20, 2016

People of Faith Demand Better

Together with my colleague Rev. Kevin Wright, we invited our community Sunday to demand better...

June 19, 2016

Obey and Submit

1 Peter 2:13-30; 3:1-9 We find ourselves this morning grappling with a difficult text...

June 13, 2016

Chosen

1 Peter 2:1-9; 16 Just a few weeks ago during lunch on a senior staff...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Welcoming Chaos

Pentecost always seems like such a celebration at church. At our church everyone wears red,...

April 2016

April 13, 2016

A Prayer After Resurrection

Beautiful words of a prayer written by my friend and colleague Rev. Michael Livingston and...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Pretty Good Friday, Again This Year

Every year on Good Friday I repost this memory, originally published almost ten years ago....

December 2015

December 06, 2015

Let There be Peace on Earth?

Let There Be Peace on Earth? Philippians 1:3-11 Advent 2 “Our prayers are with the...

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