Time’s Up. The Day of Visitation is Here

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 4/13/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 19:28-48. 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 Today is Palm Sunday. It’s the beginning of Holy …

“Love Your Enemies” – The Hardest Command of All

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 2/23/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 6:27-38. 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 In our Quakerism 101 class this week, Dorothy Kakimoto …

Beyond Political Power: Understanding the True Kingdom of Christ

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/24/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Revelation 1:4-8 & John 18:33-40. 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 Today is Christ the King …

Quaker Faith and the Still, Small Voice: Lessons from Elijah

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 8/11/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was:  1 Kings 19:1-18. 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 This morning’s scripture passage is a Quaker favorite. …

The Road to Hell

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 9/25/22, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: 1 Timothy 6:6-19, Luke 16:19-31. 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 have walked by homeless people …

The Kingdom of God Was Never on the Ballot

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 11/8/20, at Berkeley Friends Church (via videoconference). The scripture readings for this sermon were: Psalm 110 and Mark 12:35-37. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text.) Listen to the Sermon Now I’m …

“Go Ahead, Throw Your Love Away” – Or Why Love is Greater Than Ideology

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 8/23/20, at Berkeley Friends Church (via videoconference). The scripture readings for this sermon were: Mark 14:3-9. You can listen to the audio, or keeping scrolling to read my manuscript. (The spoken sermon differs from the written text) Listen to the Sermon Now This morning’s scripture reading …