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.

April 19, 2026

Rev. Jessica Moore

“Unless”

It is Earth Day Sunday, and we find ourselves reading from Ezekiel. We don’t find ourselves in Ezekiel very often; perhaps we should spend more time here. Ezekiel seems to me to be strikingly relevant for us today. To understand the reading we need a little background – preferably a lot of background, but time is limited!

April 12, 2026

Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall

“Breath of God”

We, along with every other living being on the planet (and even those who have recently circled the far side of the moon) are miracles!
We humans whom, as the myth goes, God formed by gathering dust,
shaping it, and guess what? Blew into the first version of us…the breath of life.
We humans who, as long as we are living, “have blood coursing
through arteries and veins.
that blood completing its full body circuit roughly once a minute,
circulating an average of 2,000 gallons of blood a day.
This regular and consistent blood flow is essential
to delivering fresh oxygenated blood to cells and removing waste. (Miracle!)

April 5, 2026

Rev. Jessica Moore

“All Miracle All the Time”

Easter is (of course) the time of year when many of us think about resurrection; where we see resurrection happening, and how we would like to be resurrected and to embrace a new beginning. Over the past few years, it’s struck me that resurrection doesn’t have to be passive. Passive resurrection, the easy new beginning, I think is rare.

March 29, 2026

Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall

“The Good News Is Inspiring Us to Act”

A fair number of us, I’m sure, attended a No Kings Rally yesterday.
Pro-love. Peace & Justice-Seeking. Non-violent gatherings of people who say, “No.”
No Kings – and no…
To…king-like decisions in a democracy. No,
To unilateral decisions to go to war. No,
To…decisions to discontinue funding for
To…dictatorial practices. No,
To…the use of constant coercion to get one’s way. No.