We haven't heard this text on a Sunday morning at church in 15 years. So let's spend time with Jesus saying "woe." 

Why did Jesus chose Peter anyways?

Jesus is busy breaking our entitlements to show us a world where God's love rules. 

Jesus isn't interested in us mistaking the weather for the climate. 

The story of the wedding at Cana is an odd one to start Jesus' public ministry. But that oddness is part of the point. 

It's hard being a newborn. And God's love shows how we're all newborns, one way or the other. 

It took a lot of work for you to make it to Christmas Eve worship. So what work did the Shepherds do that first Christmas night?

It's Christmas Eve Eve. It's time to listen to Mary.


Image originally from http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56718. 

Would you actually open John the Baptist's Christmas Card?

Shoutout to Rev. David Hansen for the design!

Where is God in your wilderness?

Naming vulnerability and celebrating generosity is part of what being a Christian is all about. 

Jesus' politics isn't our politics. 

Words spoken at the Upper Pascack Valley Clery Council's 50th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Worship held at Congregation B'nai Israel, Emerson, NJ. 

The disciples, like Spider-man and us, sometimes want to know: is life with Jesus worth it?

World War 1 is a war we can see but can't hear. A "recording" was recently found showing the silence after the big guns stopped. This kind of loud silence helps us discover who Jesus knows us to be. 

Jesus wants us to be part of what he is doing in the world. 

Conscious vs Conscience and how we get to do everything we can to live in a world where love wins. Prayers for the Tree of Life Syngagoue in Pittsburgh, PA. 

James and John asked to sit at Jesus' right and left. Maybe they wanted power. Or maybe they were afraid of losing Jesus. 

Wealth, the Kingdom of God, and the invitation to a relationship. 

To understand Jesus and divorce, you have to look at Jesus and the little children. 

Somedays it's like the disciples aren't even listening. 

The first must be last and the last must be a six year old at a birthday party. 

Jesus is an everyday Messiah. Peter thought he knew what that meant but he needed the rest of Jesus story (and so do we). 

A sermon on Jesus, Pharisees, and changing traditions. 

Ephesians 5 has been used by the church to harm women and keep them from leadership in the church. So how does a church that ordains women approach this text? 

 Pastor Marc discovers his refugee ancestry. He also explains how a misspelled last name can expand our understanding of what life looks like with Jesus. \

Today's sermon starts with a mysterious herd of goats and why our spiritual gifts are mysteries necessary for us to become the people we're supposed to be. 

There's a boat in a library in Provincetown. That's absurd. And you know what's also absurd? A Jewish rabbi that calls Gentiles to follow him. 

Pastor Marc continues through the letter to the Ephesians. There's weirdness here. How can (and does) Jesus abolish the law?