When we say that our lives are our practice, we affirm that each moment offers us an opportunity to practice gratitude. Rather than seeing our spiritual practice only as a way to fix a problem or achieve a desired result, we learn from Jesus how our entire lives can be...
In a world that often feels chaotic and uncertain, Habakkuk, Jesus, and Paul teach us what it means to live faithfully. Drawing on the Hebrew concept of emunah, the Greek pistis, and Howard Thurman’s call "to center down,” this sermon explores how faith is steadiness in the midst of life’s...
When Lazarus the Beggar and a rich man both die, the rich man remains stuck looking at the world through his old paradigm--one that placed Lazarus on the other side of the line regarding his worth as a human being. What does it look like to challenge the way we...
This sermon invites us to see grief not as something to avoid but as a doorway into God’s own heartbreak for the world. Through Jeremiah’s lament, Jesus’ startling parable, and Paul’s call to expansive prayer, we are reminded that emptiness makes room for compassion, generosity, and solidarity. When our hearts...
This sermon focuses on the Feast of the Holy Cross, Grace's feast day. The living symbol of the cross challenges us to reflect on the transforming action of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. In a time of such uncertainty, we long to find belonging, and the cross invites us to...
This sermon invites us into the potter’s house, where God shapes us patiently and tenderly, every movement of the divine hand an act of love. From Jeremiah’s clay, to Jesus’ call to redefined family, to Paul’s appeal for Onesimus, it proclaims that we are bound not by blood, power, or...
Jesus carries the prophetic vision into his own life and ministry, and he challenges us to focus on the deep practice of faith--what the prayer for today calls "true religion." In anxious and uncertain days, Jesus reminds us to trust the Spirit's presence rather than asserting our own agendas and...
This sermon reflects on Jesus' healing of a woman bent down by burden and the clash between rigid law and liberating love. It invites us to move beyond limited perspectives—of ourselves, of others, and of God—and step into Christ’s expansive vision of dignity and compassion. The Glimpses of Grace podcast...
Jesus speaks of bringing division, and the shallow parts of ourselves push back against discomfort. But the deep teachings of Christian practice demonstrate how the wisdom of Jesus cuts through our illusions and patterns that thwart our own spiritual growth and evolution. That is the point of what we do,...
This sermon gently acknowledges the pervasive fear many face in an uncertain world and invites listeners to respond with faith and trust in God’s ongoing creative work. Drawing on Abram’s story and Jesus’ promise of the kingdom, it reveals how faith becomes the foundation for courage, generosity, and belonging amid...