Sermons

Because we are a community with a strong focus on study, service and community, we deeply appreciate challenging weekly sermons on these topics. (We call them “Promptings.”)

Below is a sampling of sermons offered in recent weeks by our talented and devoted preachers, Jessica Moore and Carl Hilton VanOsdall, as well as others who join us as guest preachers.

February 1, 2026

Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall

“Tell Me Something Good – So Good It Surprises Me”

Not long, at all, after Christmas we get an email from the Creative writers of A Sanctified Art
giving us just enough of a glimpse into Sanctified Art’s Lent / Easter theme
so that we can give a communal thumbs up or thumbs down on the material.
In keeping with our usual vote, the theme was a solid “thumbs up” this Lent / Easter:

Tell Me Something Good. “Yes! Something Good…”
Who doesn’t want to hear something good?
Even the most cynical, the solidly “glass is half empty” among us
want to hear something good, even if it DOES need to be
vetted, validated or deeply questioned first.

February 15, 2026

Rev. Jessica Moore

“Transformed Together”

Transfiguration Sunday!
The last Sunday before Lent, and while it’s not exactly Mardi Gras, I guess you could say that with today’s potluck we’re celebrating Fat Sunday.

February 8, 2026

Rev. Jessica Moore

“Full Flavored”

This week we’re talking about salt and light, transformation, and how we as humans – at our essential core – are unique, and as transformative at salt and light.

February 1, 2026

Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall

“What If We Lived By These?”

As a preacher, I can’t help but wonder, “Did Jesus pull an all-nighter,
When he was coming up with this…the opening segment,
We could call it, of the ‘Sermon on the Mount?’”