What is courtesy? What are the values that the forms of courtesy are meant to bring forward? How are politeness and courtesy related? I will suggest that there is a religious dimension to courtesy, as in the Hindu greeting “Namaste”. Listen to the reading and sermon here.
For our final service of the regular church year Joseph Bednarik and Rev. Bode invite you to submit any questions you may have – either for Joseph, Bruce, or both to answer. During the sermon portion of the service, they will read your question (without name) and give a brief response. Listen to the reading … Continue reading I’m Glad You Asked That Question
Regrets are illuminations come too late,” writes Joseph Campbell. My sermon on this Memorial Day Sunday will look at regret as a typical part of the territory in relation to memories of love.
Being connected to your emotional and feeling self is what Swiss psychiatrist Alice Miller describes as a “healthy narcissism” as opposed to “narcissistic disorders” in which one is disconnected from their authentic feelings and perceptions. Listen to the reading and sermon.
Flower Communion Sunday For months now, the news in our country has been dominated by the 2016 presidential nominating process, with no signs of abating. And, personally, I’ve been hooked, following this nominating process more closely than I ever have before. In this sermon, I share some of my thoughts on the “news of the … Continue reading The News of the Day
Kimberly Parker is a writer, singer and solo performance artist. She has loved theatre all of her life and holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Boise State University. As she continued to lose her hearing, which resulted in losing confidence, Kimberly stayed away from the stage for 18 years. She also stopped patronizing theatres … Continue reading Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities: Know Fear and Do It Anyway!
This is perhaps the oddest sermon title I’ve ever used, and I won’t say more. Click here to listen to the reading and sermon.
Surprisingly to me, novelist John Updike insisted that for Easter to be true the stone that was moved from the tomb in the Easter story must be a literal stone – “the vast rock of materiality” – and “not papier-mâché.” This sermon will explore a different route to the truth of Easter. Click here to … Continue reading The Stumbling Stone of Easter
This service, held in the middle of the day in our sanctuary, adapts and universalizes the Good Friday tradition. In a culture that forever wants to be up, this service provides the rare opportunity to drop down. Rev. Bode and Joseph Bednarik each give meditations related to times of darkness and descent.
Songs of Transformation” – For many years, I’ve been struck by the Wild Rose Chorale’s rendering of the Celtic folk song, “Loch Lomond.” For the sermon portion of our service this Sunday, Wild Rose will sing both “Loch Lomond” and “How Can I Keep from Singing,” and I will speak about what I hear in … Continue reading Songs of Transformation
