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June 2018

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...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

Invitation, a Meditation for Maundy Thursday

It’s been 15 years since Fred Rogers died. To be honest, I never really knew...

December 2017

December 24, 2017

Simple Gifts: When a Letter is Not Enough

When a Letter Isn’t Enough Rev. Dr. Amy Butler Luke: 1:26-38 Imagine my shock this...

November 2017

November 05, 2017

Receive This Blessing

Matthew 5:1-12 If we were playing a game of word association and I said the...

October 2017

October 15, 2017

Wedding Crashers

Matthew 22:1-14 There are so many uncertainties in life, so very little we can ever...

September 2017

September 24, 2017

What Belongs to Me

Matthew 20:1-16 I believe that fifth grade was my favorite year of school ever. And...

September 17, 2017

Forgiveness, a Prayer

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

September 10, 2017

All We Need Is Love

Matthew 18:15-20 Our world is literally swirling around us, and so many of us are...

September 03, 2017

I Have Decided

Matthew 16:21-28 Whenever I read our gospel lesson from the sixteenth chapter of Matthew’s gospel...

June 2017

June 04, 2017

Learning to Listen (Pentecost Sunday)

Genesis 11:1-11 I know that extra room in a Manhattan apartment is unusual, so I’m...

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 09, 2017

Everything Must Change: Protest

Matthew 21:1-11 Try to imagine what it was like that day. The weather hadn’t started...

March 2017

March 05, 2017

Everything Must Change: Paradise

Genesis 2:5-17; 3:1-7 Controversy is swirling in conservative Christian circles this week over the release...

February 2017

February 26, 2017

Overcome by Faith

Matthew 17:1-9 Transfiguration Early in my career I was responsible for planning and leading a...

February 19, 2017

The Hardest Commandment

Matthew 5:38-48 This week the senior staff spent a day and a half in intensive...

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 08, 2017

Beloved

Matthew 3:13-17 A few years ago I went to a wedding shower at which all...

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...

November 2016

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...

November 09, 2016

God Showed Up: A Meditation for the Day After

Today I walked into the building and got in an elevator with a group...

October 2016

October 09, 2016

What Lies Within

2 Timothy 2:8-15 With all due respect to all you brilliant academics out there, I...

October 02, 2016

What Lies Behind

2 Timothy 1:1-14 World Communion Sunday In addition to my well-known aversion to most animals...

September 2016

September 21, 2016

Bread on the Water

In April 2015 I gave the closing address at Faith Forward in Chicago. It ended...

September 11, 2016

Found

Luke 15:1-10 I don’t quite know why I was so surprised by this. As...

August 2016

August 28, 2016

People Are Watching

Luke 14:1; 7-14 When I was in seminary I had a professor who taught us...

August 07, 2016

Quit Your Job

Luke 12:32-40 “It’s time to quit your job and start living the life you’ve always...

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 17, 2016

When God Gets Political: Enough

Amos 8:1-12 This past week I had the opportunity to visit harambee. Harambee is the...

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