The Christmas Kingdom

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/24/23, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was:  2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 & Luke 1:26-38. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now What’s all this about …

Something is Coming

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/10/23, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was:  2 Peter 3:8-15a & Mark 1:1-8. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now Something is coming. Something is …

Would You Ever Really Want to See an Angel?

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/26/23, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was:  Ezekiel 34:11-24; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now There’s a not-particularly-good movie that …

What Is A Quaker?

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/12/23, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was:  John 1:1-18. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now I don’t go around shouting from the rooftops, telling …

What Does It Mean to Worship ‘In Spirit and In Truth’?

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 10/22/23, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was:  John 4:5-24. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now In our reading this morning, Jesus says to the …

A People Who Bear Fruit

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 10/8/23, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was:  Matthew 21:33-46. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to Sermon Now In our reading from Matthew this morning, Jesus is …

What Is Real To You?

I preached on Sunday, 8/13/23, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for my sermon was:  Romans 10:5-15 & Matthew 14:22-33. I’m going to do something a little out of the ordinary with sharing this message. Normally, my sermons follow relatively closely to the message I’ve prepared in advance. I may deviate here or there, but …