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.
June 21, 2026
Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall
“Good Soil”
Parables point to a desired reality…in story form – often employing metaphors.
Parables describe a truth, yet, to borrow words from Emily Dickenson,
they “tell the truth…but tell it slant.”
June 14, 2026
Kristabeth Atwood, M.Div.
“When We Cannot Fix It”
“Don’t just stand there, do something.”
June 7, 2026
Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall
“Faithful in Calling”
The Power of Myth and The Hero with a Thousand Faces are books
by American student and teacher of mythology Joseph Campbell,
who spent a career exploring and bringing to light
how stories shape our very essence.
May 31, 2026
Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall
“Faithful in Mystery”
I still remember when, almost thirty years ago,
our teaching Assistant Eric Elnes walked into
our Hebrew Bible class holding a stack of books under his arm.
He set the books on the table in front of him,
so that we could see the books’ titles:
A cookbook, a science textbook, the Bible, and a “DIY Home Projects” book.
Christ Church, Presbyterian 