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July 2016

July 24, 2016

When God Gets Political: Next

Hosea 1:2-10 For the last few weeks we’ve been talking about what happens with God...

July 12, 2016

The Pastoral is Political

I told this story in my sermon Sunday: I met a new friend the other...

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...

April 2016

April 19, 2016

Bathrooms, Baked Goods, and the Mockery of Religious Liberty

I think most Americans, even non-religious Americans, are on board with the idea of religious...

April 12, 2016

Stopped in Our Tracks

The damp chill of the night air began to burn off as the sky lightened...

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....

March 23, 2016

Choices: A Meditation on John 13:1-17

I am two years away from the completion of my term of service as mother...

March 22, 2016

Getting Political in the Pulpit

The palms waved us into Holy Week just last Sunday and we’re already well along...

March 06, 2016

Can I Forgive?

Can I Forgive? Luke 15:11-32 As some of you may know, I am the...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

Can I Admit I’m Wrong?

Can I Admit I’m Wrong? Luke 13:1-9 Today we find ourselves in the third Sunday...

February 25, 2016

Parched

Parched Psalm 63:1-8, Isaiah 55:1-9 How many of you have ever been to Hawaii? If you...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Jesus Offends Me

Jesus Offends Me Luke 4:16-30 Today we find ourselves on the fourth Sunday after...

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...

November 2015

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 08, 2015

Telling Our Story

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

October 2015

October 04, 2015

Pastoral Note Addressing Gun Violence

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

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...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

A Case for the Revised Common Lectionary

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

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Home Another Way

At this moment along our journey, friends, we cannot be agents of radical love without...

June 21, 2015

The Hardest Question

The Hardest Question Mark 4:35-41 Anybody who has spent any amount of time around an...

May 2015

May 19, 2015

Change the World

Yesterday when I pronounced the benediction at the end of worship, I told the congregation...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Conflicted

Conflicted Mark 11:1-11 Today is the final Sunday in the season of Lent, the last...

March 25, 2015

Observing Vocation

I spent last week in Chicago, part of which was spent working on a book...

March 16, 2015

Cliché

Cliché John 3:14-21 Welcome to the fourth Sunday of Lent and to this season where...

March 06, 2015

A Hard Word

A Hard Word Mark 8:31-38 I am pleased to announce that beginning March 22, you...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

“Living Lent”

Reposting this beautiful reflection for Lent. It was written by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton in her...

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