Fear of Freedom: Why We Resist Real Change

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 6/22/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 8:26-39. 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 from Luke, I find …

God Can Work With This

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 5/25/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5. 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 Sometimes it seems like civilization was a mistake. …

Yes, It Really Happened.

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 4/20/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 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 Jesus Christ is alive. Jesus is not in the …

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 …

It’s Time To Find Out

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 3/23/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 13:1-9. 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 remember being in the fourth grade at Washington …

I Will Show You The Way of the Desert

This is a sermon that I preached on Sunday, 3/9/25, at Berkeley Friends Church. The scripture reading for this sermon was: Luke 4:1-13. 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 Today is the first Sunday in Lent. Lent is …