The Gift of a Stranger 11.51 MB    Details
Welcoming God in the stranger. (2010-07-18 / Richard Helmer)

Ethicists, Heroes, and Neighbors 13.25 MB    Details
What does it mean to be a hero? (2010-07-11 / Richard Helmer)

Naaman Meets the Fourth of July 13.13 MB    Details
What do we mean by "God Bless America?" (2010-07-04 / Richard Helmer)

Hands to the Plow 18.9 MB    Details
Jesus shocks us into the life of the Gospel. (2010-06-27 / Richard Helmer)

What Are You Doing Here? 11.57 MB    Details
How God responds to our fear. (2010-06-20 / Richard Helmer)

Tutu's Ohana 6.64 MB    Details
God's family as ohana, through the life of Patricia Weissich. (2010-06-06 / Richard Helmer)

Tackling Gnosticism 18.45 MB    Details
A contemporary version of an ancient heresy? (2010-06-06 / Richard Helmer)

Cardinal: The Rack! 15.18 MB    Details
On why we have a Creed. (2010-05-30 / Richard Helmer)

Babel, Oil, and Pentecost 14.46 MB    Details
The Tower of Babel and the Day of Pentecost. (2010-05-23 / Richard Helmer)

Walking into the Wilderness with God 19.82 MB    Details
On living in Christian community. (2010-05-16 / Carol Luther)

Living in the City of God 15.52 MB    Details
On living in Christian community. (2010-05-09 / Betsy Rosen)

Indefatigable 11.41 MB    Details
Reflecting on the faith of a "pillar of the church". (2010-05-07 / Richard Helmer)

Love and the City of God 0.34 MB    Details
Love as a discipline. (2010-05-02 / Richard Helmer)

If You Meet Jesus in the Temple. . . 15.75 MB    Details
Meeting God, being sheep, and figuring out what it means to be Christian. (2010-04-25 / Richard Helmer)

On Christian Service 0.16 MB    Details
What do Christians mean by service? (2010-04-18 / Carol Luther)

The Wisdom of Magdalena 13.68 MB    Details
The first witness of the Resurrection tells us about our God. (2010-04-04 / Richard Helmer)

Just Another Good Friday 11.43 MB    Details
Good Friday comes again with news good and bad. (2010-04-02 / Richard Helmer)

Who are these Robed in White? 9.01 MB    Details
On Oscar Romero. (2010-03-24 / Peter Menkin)

Heads in the Sand 10.27 MB    Details
Judas' perspective is often ours as well. (2010-03-21 / Richard Helmer)

Grumbles of the Older Brother 11.09 MB    Details
Looking again at the parable of the prodigal son. (2010-03-14 / Kate Baird)

Rules of the Henhouse 11.22 MB    Details
Jesus gazes straight into fear. (2010-02-28 / Richard Helmer)

The Heart of Temptation 16.36 MB    Details
In the wilderness, Jesus faces the foundational temptations of us all. (2010-02-21 / Richard Helmer)

A Life of Prayer 15.84 MB    Details
The Transfiguration reveals what a life of prayer means. (2010-02-14 / Willie Van Doren)

The Golden Mouth Chrysostom 9.62 MB    Details
On John Chrysostom. (2010-01-27 / Peter Menkin)

Counting Blessings 9.83 MB    Details
The struggle to complain or give thanks. (2010-01-24 / Richard Helmer)

First Miracles 14.23 MB    Details
Does God cause disasters? (2010-01-17 / Richard Helmer)

Baptismal Uncertainty 11.17 MB    Details
Think your baptism makes you certain? (2010-01-10 / Richard Helmer)

Sanctifying Conflict 11.6 MB    Details
The Holy Family is not even above conflict. (2010-01-03 / Richard Helmer)

Light in the Darkness 18.05 MB    Details
The incarnation story is our story for the life and light of the world. (2009-12-27 / Carol Luther)

Christmas for the (Un)Closeted Christian 14.19 MB    Details
Is the Christ child an embarrassing truth? (2009-12-24 / Richard Helmer)

The Scandal of Advent 9.85 MB    Details
A small-town scandal reveals the truth of Christmas. (2009-12-20 / Richard Helmer)

Grace and Sight 8.79 MB    Details
A memorial for Pat de Fremery. (2009-12-16/ Richard Helmer)

The People of Advent 12.49 MB    Details
John the Baptist: The Prophet who Stole Christmas? (2009-12-13 / Richard Helmer)

The Threads of Advent 11.14 MB    Details
Do we prepare for Advent, or does Advent prepare us? (2009-12-06 / Richard Helmer)

Missionary: Evangelist and Herald 10.13 MB    Details
On Channing Moore Williams and Missionaries. (2009-12-02 / Peter Menkin)

The Grace of Advent 10.46 MB    Details
Taking on the "God of the gaps." (2009-11-29 / Richard Helmer)

Far More than These 13.09 MB    Details
Do we know how much to be thankful for? (2009-11-25 / Rob Gieselmann)

Christ the King and the Prosperity Gospel 14.97 MB    Details
Jesus and Pilate uncover the myth of the prosperity gospel. (2009-11-22 / Richard Helmer)

The Last Days 12.56 MB    Details
Revisiting the end of all things. (2009-11-15 / Willie Van Doren)

Picking Up Sticks and Offerings 14.31 MB    Details
The widow's mite revisited. (2009-11-08 / Richard Helmer)

For All Saints' 11.7 MB    Details
Holiness is not found in being good or pious. (2009-11-01 / Kate Baird)

A Rap for All Saints' 2 MB    Details
EPIC Youth Rap for All Saints'Day. (2009-11-01 / EPIC Youth)

We Reflect on Two Apostles 10.43 MB    Details
About apostles - Saints Simon and Jude. (2009-10-28 / Peter Menkin)

The Suffering Servant: Sufficiency, Servitude, Species 14.17 MB    Details
Jesus responds to the temptation to lord it over others. (2009-10-18 / Carol Luther)

Threats, Gratitude, and Generosity 9.05 MB    Details
The call to generosity. (2009-10-11 / Richard Helmer)

Peacemaker Blessed 10.02 MB    Details
On Michael and All Angels. (2009-09-29 / Peter Menkin)

The Gospel and the Ouroboros 15.71 MB    Details
Envy and Jesus'teaching. (2009-09-27 / Richard Helmer)

Transience 13.3 MB    Details
Loving things heavenly. (2009-09-20 / Betsy Rosen)

Crosses and Obedience 13.65 MB    Details
Obedience and the central symbol of our faith. (2009-09-13 / Richard Helmer)

Keeping Up Appearances 13.86 MB    Details
Hyacinth Bucket and the Gospel. (2009-08-30 / Richard Helmer)

Choice, Control, and Salvation 14.93 MB    Details
A Western heresy? (2009-08-23 / Richard Helmer)

Holiness and Bernard of Clairvaux 10.02 MB    Details
On Bernard of Clairvaux. (2009-08-19 / Peter Menkin)

Children of Wisdom 10.77 MB    Details
Lady Wisdom, our elder God. (2009-08-16 / Richard Helmer)

Starting Over 13.1 MB    Details
God's response to our desire to throw in the towel. (2009-08-09 / Richard Helmer)

Food for our craving 10.28 MB    Details
The answer to life's hardest questions. (2009-08-02 / Richard Helmer)

On Scarcity 13.28 MB    Details
Tough economic times and God's grace. (2009-07-26/ Richard Helmer)

She Has Always Spoken to My Heart 8.18 MB    Details
On Mary Magdalene. (2009-07-22 / Peter Menkin)

A Whole New Life 17.1 MB    Details
What healing in Christ may truly mean. (2009-07-19 / Betsy Rosen)

Prophets, Truth, and Independence 13.5 MB    Details
Ezekiel meets July 4th. (2009-07-05 / Richard Helmer)

Feisty with Roots 8.44 MB    Details
A memorial for Phyllis Grace Staton. (2009-06-28/ Richard Helmer)

(More) Lessons in Faith 8.85 MB    Details
The faith that Christ commends. (2009-06-28 / Richard Helmer)

Growing Up in Faith 10.92 MB    Details
When God calls us to grow up. (2009-06-21/ Richard Helmer)

Curmudgeons, Saints, and the Harrowing of Hell 10.78 MB    Details
A memorial for a remarkable curmudgeon. (2009-06-20/ Richard Helmer)

Caveats and Green Shoots 13.71 MB    Details
Grace requires no caveats. (2009-06-14/ Richard Helmer)

Of Bishops, Creeds, and Nicodemus 16.21 MB    Details
Creeds and doctrine get personal. (2009-06-07/ Richard Helmer)

What Does This Mean? 11.42 MB    Details
The Spirit stirs up everything. (2009-05-31 / Richard Helmer)

Riddles of Ascensiontide 10.13 MB    Details
Reinterpreting the Ascension. (2009-05-24 / Richard Helmer)

The Gift of Friendship 13.78 MB    Details
When Christ calls us friends. (2009-05-17 / Richard Helmer)

That God is Love 9.86 MB    Details
On the Annunciation. (2009-05-13 / Peter Menkin)

Learning to Abide 12.34 MB    Details
While the world whirls around us, we are called to abide. (2009-05-10 / Richard Helmer)

Practicing Easter 12.76 MB    Details
The practical implications of Easter. (2009-04-26 / Richard Helmer)

Easter Perfection 6.35 MB    Details
Finding freedom from perfectionism in the Resurrection. (2009-04-12 / Richard Helmer)

The Undefended Heart 11.69 MB    Details
God chooses open hearts for the divine law. (2009-03-22 / Este Cantor)

Hail, Thou That art Highly Favored 7.63 MB    Details
On the Annunciation. (2009-03-25 / Peter Menkin)

Strange Portents 0.05 MB    Details
The healing power of the cross lifted high. (2009-03-22 / Richard Helmer)

Into Fuller Life 11.85 MB    Details
Considering the place of disciplines in our lives. (2009-03-15 / Betsy Rosen)

Skin in the Game 12.42 MB    Details
Jesus asks us a hard question. (2009-03-08 / Richard Helmer)

Some Rainbow Theology 11.53 MB    Details
On rainbows and covenant. (2009-03-01 / Richard Helmer)

Martin Luther: Reformer, Hymnist 0.03 MB    Details
On Martin Luther. (2009-02-18 / Peter Menkin)

When Jesus Heals 10.86 MB    Details
Healing is more than restoration. (2009-02-15 / Carren Sheldon)

Democracy, Demons, and Darwin 12.08 MB    Details
Is survival good enough? (2009-02-08 / Richard Helmer)

Business or Family? 0.02 MB    Details
"Who's that sitting in my pew?" (2009-02-01 / Richard Helmer)

Man of Holiness, Head and Heart: Thomas Aquinas 0.03 MB    Details
On Thomas Aquinas. (2009-01-28 / Peter Menkin)

Jonah and the Blue Screen 13.48 MB    Details
"For God alone my soul in silence waits." (2009-01-25 / Richard Helmer)

Which Way is Up? 13.77 MB    Details
Faith is showing up, not being right. (2009-01-18 / Richard Helmer)

Primordial Signs 11.85 MB    Details
Water points back all the way to the beginning. (2009-01-11 / Richard Helmer)

A New Thing 17.12 MB    Details
In the incarnation, God is doing a new thing for all time. (2008-12-24 / Richard Helmer)

Ready or Not 10.16 MB    Details
Christ is coming, whether or not we are ready. (2008-12-21 / Richard Helmer)

Wisdom to Be Still 14.54 MB    Details
Advent is a time for being still. (2008-12-14 / Betsy Rosen)

The Son of Man 9.81 MB    Details
Being a conscious Christian (2008-11-30 / Este Cantor)

Jesus for President? 13.53 MB    Details
Christ the King? (2008-11-23 / Richard Helmer)

The Poor, the Widow, the Hungry  0.03 MB    Details
On Elizabeth of Hungary. (2008-11-19 / Peter Menkin)

Let's Build a Church 11.63 MB    Details
Wrestling with Church as Institution. (2008-11-09 / Richard Helmer)

Soften Our Hearts 14.39 MB    Details
An invitation to remember those most in need. (2008-09-28 / Betsy Rosen)

An Unfair God 15.23 MB    Details
God's sense of fair may not be ours. (2008-09-21 / Richard Helmer)

Letting God Go 14.9 MB    Details
Letting God be God. (2008-09-14 / Richard Helmer)

A Play-Date with Creation 10.07 MB    Details
Seeing Creation as a source of spiritual wisdom. (2008-09-07 / Richard Helmer)

Christ, Peter, and Suffering 11.34 MB    Details
Learning to surrender in the face of tragedy. (2008-08-31 / Este Gardner Cantor)

A Messiah for Characters 11.86 MB    Details
What does it mean to call Jesus the Messiah? (2008-08-24 / Richard Helmer)

Faith in the Raw 11.88 MB    Details
Thawing out a frozen faith. (2008-08-17 / Richard Helmer)

Stepping out of the Boat 13.64 MB    Details
Defying gravity without being perfect. (2008-08-10 / Richard Helmer)

Wrestling out of Scarcity 12.85 MB    Details
Jacob's wrestling with God is our wrestling with God. (2008-08-03 / Richard Helmer)

The Unexpected Kingdom 10.78 MB    Details
Pilgrimage teaches the hospitality of God's Kingdom. (2008-07-27 / Este Cantor)

Grandpa in the Weeds 15.79 MB    Details
Are we called to weed our own field? (2008-07-20 / Richard Helmer)

A State of Consuming 18.22 MB    Details
Coming face-to-face with our obsession with things not of the Spirit. (2008-07-13 / Richard Helmer)

Sacrifice and Scapegoats 0.02 MB    Details
Does God desire sacrifice or mercy? (2008-06-29 / Jay Johnson)

Biblical Family Values 16.08 MB    Details
Would Jesus recognize our most hallowed family institutions? (2008-06-22 / Jay Johnson)

Racism and the Shepherd's Gate 0.05 MB    Details
How do we engage in the daunting task of dismantling racism? (2008-04-13 / Richard Helmer)

Lazarus 0.02 MB    Details
How do we join in the hope of the story of Lazarus? (2008-03-09 / Betsy Rosen)

At the Well of Life 11.87 MB    Details
A God who meets the demands of our thirst, and exceeds them. (2008-02-24 / Richard Helmer)

Vulnerable Wings of Power 19.02 MB    Details
Jesus, power, and vulnerability. (2008-02-10)

The God who Sees us Whole 12.28 MB    Details
Seeking God's transformative presence in our personal lives. (2008-01-20)

We Three Kings from the East 0.01 MB    Details
The journey of the magi through their own eyes. (2008-01-06)

And the Darkness Shall Not Overcome It 10.07 MB    Details
The first step in bringing the light of the Christ Child to the world. (2007-12-30)

The Tapestry of a Holy Night 13.04 MB    Details
The birth of Jesus proclaims God's transcendence over all claims of human power. (2007-12-24)

The Power of Joseph 12.09 MB    Details
Mary's conceiving a child is a lesson in God's power in the face of our own. (2007-12-23)

Reeds Shaken 13.48 MB    Details
What do we do when we recognize we are not prepared for the Messiah's coming?(2007-12-16)

Redeeming Stumps 9.51 MB    Details
God makes much out of very little, and little out of much.(2007-12-09)

Watching and Waiting 8.21 MB    Details
What is our role in the coming of the kingdom of heaven?(2007-12-09)

An Unexpected Advent 10.57 MB    Details
As Christians, we live forever on the edge of an imminent transformation of everything. (2007-12-02)

The Promise of Christ 10.66 MB    Details
Living into the promises of Christ the King (2007-11-25)

Judgment for Stepping Into It 7.97 MB    Details
How do we speak to the apocalypse of our age? (2007-11-18)

Adikia and Generosity 6.48 MB    Details
How does God redeem the mammon of unrighteousness? (2007-09-23)

Heaven, Hell, and a God who Comes after Us 8.4 MB    Details
Are heaven and hell out there or right here? (2007-09-16)

Redeeming Sabbath 8.16 MB    Details
Sabbath as an essential spiritual practice in the "always on" culture. (2007-08-26)

Pleasure Leads us Where we Go 6.89 MB    Details
Beyond a "nice" God. (2007-08-19)

Heavy Laden 0.03 MB    Details
For a world burdened with many obsessions, Jesus comes to set people free. (2007-08-12)

The Eighth Day 6.7 MB    Details
There are seven days in the week, so what does it mean to enter the eighth day? (2007-08-05)

The God of the Lord's Prayer 5.7 MB    Details
What kind of God does Jesus disclose when he teaches his followers how to pray? (2007-07-29)

Some Harry Potter Theology 6.59 MB    Details
Harry Potter and Christianity -- friends or foes? (2007-07-29)

Open Eyes, With Wonder 5.84 MB    Details
Just how valuable is our work to God's grace? (2007-07-22)

Inspiring the Family of God 5.16 MB    Details
A Sermon honoring Barton Warren Shackelford. (2007-07-18)

An Ocean of Suffering by the Side of the Road 6.67 MB    Details
Our neighbors are in need. Will we pass them by? (2007-07-15)

For Special Christians 6.74 MB    Details
Are you a "Special Christian?" Think again. (2007-07-08)

Jesus and Company 5.64 MB    Details
Baptism draws us into a new family where water runs thicker than blood. (2007-07-01)

What are you Doing Here? 6.72 MB    Details
To know the story of a refugee is to know the story of Christ. (2007-06-24)

Taste and See 8.91 MB    Details
On Christians called to feed all who are hungry. (2007-06-17)

Bullet Train Theology 0.02 MB    Details
Liminal space opens us to the transformation of God's grace. (2007-06-10)

The Mirror of the Trinity 4.63 MB    Details
Trinity is the path in which we come into closer relationship with God. (2007-06-03)

Trinity and Baptism - Children's Sermon 4.28 MB    Details
Using Godly Play, Este Cantor describes the Trinity through the lens of baptism. (2007-06-03)

Hubris, Babel, and the Spirit 6.38 MB    Details
Our sense of being powerful is forever confounded by God's grace. (2007-05-27)

That We All May Be One 8.27 MB    Details
Jesus prays for unity amongst his followers, a desire that echoes to us across the centuries. (2007-05-20)

Peace I Leave with You 0.02 MB    Details
Jesus is leaving. Our journey begins. (2006-05-13)

Beyond the Tribal Church 6.54 MB    Details
Peter's journey reveals that the Risen Christ has overcome the boundaries of tribal tradition. (2007-05-6)

Believing in the Good Shepherd 7.04 MB    Details
Mere belief or relationship? (2007-04-29)

Our Unrecognized Creation 6.72 MB    Details
Our call to care for the Earth is a holy one. (2007-04-22)

What Kind of Faith will we Have? 9.5 MB    Details
Thomas raises questions that reflects the questions of faith for all of us. (2007-04-15)

God Out of the Box 7.1 MB    Details
Resurrection, God, and being an Easter People. (2007-04-08)

From Easter Vigil 11.23 MB    Details
Excerpts from the 2007 Easter Vigil at Church of Our Saviour. (2007-04-07)

Why the Cross? 8.37 MB    Details
Is the cross best explained by theory or reality? (2007-04-06)

When Grace Dons a Towel 0.01 MB    Details
Jesus responds to a world of power by washing the disciples' feet. (2007-04-05)

The Outrageous Anointing 0.04 MB    Details
The anointing woman is a figure long revered in religious tradition. (2007-03-25)

A Reflection for Palm Sunday 4.4 MB    Details
What does it mean that we call this Sunday Palm or Passion Sunday or both? (2007-04-01)

Preparing for Contemplation 8.23 MB    Details
The witness of Mary at the feet of Jesus invites out of a productivity-obsessed culture. (2007-03-25)

The Prodigal Son 8.68 MB    Details
In a beloved parable Jesus reveals a deep truth about God, and about how God expects us to live. (2007-03-18)

Our Constant Gardener 8.07 MB    Details
Why do bad things happen to people? (2007-03-11)

Inheriting the Blessing 2.76 MB    Details
A children's homily on the promise God makes to Abraham. (2007-03-04)

Threats and Trust 8.88 MB    Details
In a world of threats from both without and within, God calls us into a life of trust. (2007-03-04)

Jesus in the Wilderness 6.7 MB    Details
Jesus' wilderness reflects our own, where we are called to draw deep from the resources of our faith to respond to temptation. (2007-02-25)

Archbishops and Transfiguration 8.92 MB    Details
What expectations do we have to meet before we can witness the Transfigured Christ? (2007-02-18)

The Call of Tomorrow 5.88 MB    Details
Calls very rarely come out of the blue, but what happens when God in Christ walks right into the middle of our ordinary lives? (2007-02-04)

Anglican Transformation 9.34 MB    Details
How do we respond when God in Christ says or does the unexpected? (2007-01-28)

Globalization in the Arctic 0.08 MB    Details
The Prophet Amos speaks above the Arctic Circle. (2007-01-21)

Water into Wine 9.45 MB    Details
A Messianic parlor trick or a call to change the world? (2007-01-14)

Over the Edge 6 MB    Details
Water stands at the heart of our spirituality. . .but why? (2007-01-07)

Beginnings 4.74 MB    Details
How far back does Jesus go? (2006-12-31)

Ready Yet? 5.9 MB    Details
The task of Advent was about getting ready, but few of us are! (2006-12-24)

What Child is This? 6.49 MB    Details
We may find the baby Jesus familiar, but he is a strange child indeed! (2006-12-24)

All Things Made New 3.82 MB    Details
The wonder of incarnation marks the beginning of our journey of salvation. (2006-12-24)

A Prophet or Two 0.03 MB    Details
How is it that prophets always seem to hit us where we're most vulnerable? (2006-12-17)

Metanoia and the Other 6.85 MB    Details
Our fractious age is rife with shutting out those who are different, yet John the Baptist calls us into a radical encounter. (2006-12-10)

The King of Kings 5.95 MB    Details
What do we mean when we call Jesus,

The Desolating Sacrilege 6.1 MB    Details
The terrifying words of Mark 13:14-23 offer reason to contemplate on how Jesus relates to apocalyptic imagery of the first century. (2006-11-19)

Two Widows and our Pledge 7.04 MB    Details
In Mark 12:38-44, Jesus poses a challenging contrast between those who give out of their abundance and the widow who gives away everything, even the little she has. (2006-11-12)

Playing with Probabilities 5.18 MB    Details
A conversation while waiting for jury duty gives rise to a reflection about atheism and the saints. (2006-11-05)

The Healing of Bartimaeus 7.09 MB    Details
Reflecting on Mark 10:46-52, spiritual blindness, and the numbing challenges that wartime brings. (2006-10-29)

On Pecking Orders and Servants 8.11 MB    Details
What do James and John in Mark 10, Japanese keigo, and a family of owls have in common? (2006-10-22)

It's all about. . . 7.51 MB    Details
On Jesus and the rich man (Mark 10:17-31) and our relationship with wealth. (2006-10-15)