Wisdom for the Way

I have been doing this a really long time so it is no surprise that I have preached on this passage a few times. And either because I am remarkably consistent or because I have run out of sermon titles,…
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Faith • Grief • History • Hope

I have been doing this a really long time so it is no surprise that I have preached on this passage a few times. And either because I am remarkably consistent or because I have run out of sermon titles,…

As artificial intelligence becomes capable of doing more of the things we once thought uniquely human, perhaps we are asking the wrong question. Instead of asking what humans can do that machines cannot, what if we asked: What kind of people is God calling us to become?

There are some places in New England where simply living somewhere does not necessarily mean you are from there. I was born in the Houghs Neck section of Quincy. My family lived in the Neck for more than sixty years,…

Twenty-five years after September 11, we remember. But memory raises a deeper question: what do we do with the wounds we carry? Forgiveness does not change the past, but by the grace of God, it can change the past’s claim upon our future.

What does it mean to let love be genuine in a world that so often rewards anger, contempt, and division? Paul offers another way: a Spirit-led life in which our convictions do not require enemies, goodness becomes something we practice, and we refuse to let the darkness around us determine the people we become.

There is something about driftwood that seems appropriate for a threshold moment. Driftwood has been carried by currents it did not choose. It has been battered by waves and pushed toward shores it never intended to visit. The journey leaves marks, and the wood does not emerge unchanged. Yet those marks do not make it worthless. In some strange way, they become part of its beauty.

What if Genesis 22 isn't ultimately about Abraham's sacrifice...
What if it's about the God who stops the knife?
God's first response to our brokenness was not condemnation.
It was presence.

Our ancestors in faith believed that God had created a moral universe in which actions had consequences and justice mattered. This created a framework in which tyranny was not merely a political problem; it was a moral and spiritual violation.

Pride Month invites us to celebrate the sacred truth that every human being possesses inherent dignity. It reminds us that diversity is not something to tolerate. It is something to celebrate. Not because diversity itself saves us. Christ saves us. But because diversity reveals something beautiful about the God who created us.

Pentecost is not about perfect people becoming holy superheroes. It is about ordinary people becoming open to God’s transforming presence.