This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 7/27/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 11:1-13. 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 A Silent Quaker Learns to Pray With Words When …
This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 12/8/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 3:1-18. 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 Today is the second Sunday in the season of …
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This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 9/22/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: James 3:13-4:10; Mark 9:30-37. 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 struggle with being a Christian. I …
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This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 8/25/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Ephesians 6:10-20 & John 6:56-69. 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 Our scripture readings this morning – …
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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. …
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This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 7/28/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: 2 Samuel 11:1-15; 2 Samuel 12:1-7a. 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 is a tough set …
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This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 5/12/24, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: John 17:6-19. 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 For the last few weeks, we’ve been reading through …