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November 2017

November 07, 2017
Early in my first pastorate I found myself leading a church in the process of...
November 05, 2017
Matthew 5:1-12 If we were playing a game of word association and I said the...

October 2017

October 15, 2017
Matthew 22:1-14 There are so many uncertainties in life, so very little we can ever...
October 01, 2017
Image: Courtney Pomeroy Poem: Jan Richardson Philippians 2:1-11 When I turned 40 I finished my...

September 2017

September 24, 2017
Matthew 20:1-16 I believe that fifth grade was my favorite year of school ever. And...
September 17, 2017
Today in worship we talked about forgiveness.  Rev. Michael Livingston preached an amazing sermon on...
September 11, 2017
by Michael Livingston, Executive Minister   God of wind and rain, sun and moon, peaks...
September 10, 2017
Matthew 18:15-20 Our world is literally swirling around us, and so many of us are...
September 03, 2017
Matthew 16:21-28 Whenever I read our gospel lesson from the sixteenth chapter of Matthew’s gospel...

June 2017

June 22, 2017
In that moment I felt we stepped onto a small piece of ground that was...
June 18, 2017
Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7 Some of you may recall back in 2015 when the New York...
June 11, 2017
Matthew 28:16-20 “And some doubted.” This may just be my favorite Bible verse of all...
June 06, 2017
You know the saying that goes, “You can never go home again”? The phrase was...
June 04, 2017
Genesis 11:1-11 I know that extra room in a Manhattan apartment is unusual, so I’m...

May 2017

May 24, 2017
Our news feeds have been filled with depressing stories lately of leaders who demonstrate marked...
May 21, 2017
John 14:15-21 In the summer of 1984, everyone I knew was preoccupied with the blockbuster...
May 14, 2017
John 14:1-14 While other girls in my elementary school wore their brownie uniforms: jumpers with...
May 09, 2017
Recently The Riverside Church announced our intention to divest our $140 million endowment over the...

April 2017

April 30, 2017
Luke 24:13-35 Today is the third Sunday of Easter, a whole season celebrating resurrection.  It...
April 23, 2017
John 21:1-19 What are you supposed to do after resurrection? I mean, really. What are...
April 18, 2017
My Facebook feed tells me that a lot of people I know and love spent...
April 16, 2017
Matthew 28:1-10 Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! In America and Great Britain in...
April 13, 2017
I think that one of the hardest and most beautiful parts of being human is...
April 09, 2017
Matthew 21:1-11 Try to imagine what it was like that day. The weather hadn’t started...
April 04, 2017
April 4, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” a...

March 2017

March 21, 2017
“Our people know about coffin ships — boats that sink to the bottom of the...
March 19, 2017
Exodus 17:1-7 You cannot have grown up in the 1980s without having had your childhood...
March 12, 2017
Genesis 12:1-9 Even if I had a blindfold on, I would know I was at...
March 07, 2017
These days the words of the Psalmist keep coming to mind: “I will lift up my...
March 05, 2017
Genesis 2:5-17; 3:1-7 Controversy is swirling in conservative Christian circles this week over the release...
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