I am writing this on Monday the 17th from the Senate Committee Room for Military Affairs and Border Control. I was asked to speak by Corazón Arizona, one of the groups that we have organized with in the past. They asked me a few hours ago if I’d be willing to don my collared shirt

It is a humbling experience to preach a sermon and then read a message from one of your heroes with the same message. Shortly after I preached Sunday’s Stewardship Kick-Off message, Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt posted this on her social media. As usual, her words are significantly more graceful than mine, but it is a

I LOVE Stewardship Month. I know, I know, you may think that is weird, but t I love it for two different reasons: I am charged each year to come up with a “rousing” sermon for the beginning of Pledge Season each year. I’ve been excited about this one since….probably November 6th, the day after

This week has been a disaster. If you are anything like me, it has been a horrifying week in the news as what is coming out of Washington is as terrible as we thought and maybe worse. I am full of fear, disgust, dismay and absolute disbelief that some people have values that are this

My beloveds, I’m writing this on Tuesday morning, the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I think there was another thing that happened on Monday–an inauguration, maybe? I didn’t watch it.   I know so many of us are feeling all the feelings–grief, fear, foreboding, despair, and more. The last 24 hours have shown us

You all are so good at giving me additional resources and ideas after sermons you enjoy. In particular, I love when you give me poems (some of you can recite them by heart) that tie to the subject.   Last week’s sermon was about drawing our circle ever wider, but keeping it imperfect and always open