Let There Be Peace on Earth? Philippians 1:3-11 Advent 2 “Our prayers are with the victims, their families, and the first responders in San Bernardino.” “Thoughts and prayers are with #SanBernardino.”...
Who Do You Love? Matthew 6:19-34 I have a friend who is one of those guys who intentionally lives his life care-free and unfettered. At age 35, he is not married;...
Telling Our Story 85th Anniversary of The Riverside Church November 8, 2015 What a story we have to tell today. We’ve seen it in pictures of the past, beautifully displayed all...
Announced in worship on Sunday, October 4, 2015 following a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon: Thursday’s shooting in Oregon was the 45th school shooting in America in 2015....
My whole city is abuzz with energy around the arrival of a special guest this week. Whether devout Catholic desperate for a once in a lifetime glimpse of the Holy Father...
One Way or Another Psalm 1 Happy Homecoming, Riverside Church! It’s such a pleasure to watch the parade of banners and your beautiful faces filling the pews this morning, to hear...
Wake Up Call for the World Mark 8:27-38 I never can read today’s passage from Mark’s gospel without memories of childhood road trips instantly springing to mind. I can still see...
This week has been another week of heart-wrenching news headlines, enough to make any thinking person despair for the state of the world. While Americans are preoccupied with misguided public servants...
I recently returned from a week at Preacher Camp. There are many things to recommend about the experience of retreating with excellent colleagues to plan preaching, and I’ve often written about...
At this moment along our journey, friends, we cannot be agents of radical love without working to dismantle racism and white supremacy in our country.
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