Prophets in Babylon   Jeremiah 29:1 These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, the women, children, and men whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2...... Read More

Shrove Tuesday   (Cued up to amazing music ministry before sermon) Isaiah 25:1-10; Luke 5:29-37 (Gafney)   Laissez les bons temps rouler! Let the good times roll!   In the Name of God who is Life, Liberation and Love. Jesus was posted up with the party people. They were getting their eat and their drink...... Read More

A Sermon for McAfee School of Theology Jeremiah 17 7          Blessed is the one who trusts in the Author of Life,             For whom the Womb of Life is their trust. 8          That person shall be like a tree transplanted by water,            and by the stream stretching out its roots.             It shall...... Read More

Wisdom the Mother of Salvation Epiphany V: A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church Year C Proverbs 8:1–4, 10–17; Psalm 111; James 3:13–18 ; Luke 7:18–35     Does not Wisdom call… Holy Fount of Wisdom, I dare suggest that is not the question. The question for our time is not, “is Wisdom calling.” It...... Read More

4 August The Widows Cry Proper 13: Ruth 1:15–22; Psalm 44:1–4, 8, 17, 23–26; Acts 6:1–6; Luke 18:1–8 (AWL)     May God who is Majesty, Mercy, and Mystery speak words of life, love, and liberation through these words. Amen. Come, let us talk story. The story I will tell you is not my story...... Read More

Isaiah 61:1–4, 8–10; Psalm 133; 2 Corinthians 2:14–16; Mark 14:3–9 A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church   In the name of the One who waded in the waters of Miryam’s womb, walked the way of suffering as one of the woman-born, and woke from the grasp of death in the deep darkness of the...... Read More

21 July: Proper 11, A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church Ruth 1:1–14; Psalm 80:1–7; 1 Thessalonians 5:12–24; Mark 12:41–44Let us pray: May God who is Majesty, Mercy and Mystery speak words of life, hope and healing through these words. Amen.   How long O Lord?! The cry of the psalmist is the cry of...... Read More

Proper 10 AWL (A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church), Year B: Esther 1:1–11; Psalm 49:5–15; James 5:1–6; Mark 10:17–31 Sermon starts around 28:40.  Aloha kakahiaka! Good morning. Let us pray: May God who is Majesty, Mercy, and Mystery speak words of life, love, and liberation through these words. Amen. We are continuing in the...... Read More

7 July, Proper 9, AWL (A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church)   1 Samuel 8:1, 4–18; Psalm 72:1–4, 12–14, 18–19; 1 Timothy 2:1–6; John 6:14–20 Streamed 9:30 HST May the preached word draw us into the written word wherein all might encounter the living Word. Amen. How are these sacred ancestral texts to help us...... Read More

  Let us pray: In the Name of the Author, the Word and the Translator. Amen. I’m not who you think I am. You celebrate me now. But I remember when you didn’t. I know where I came from and you never let me forget it. I hear my family’s shame every time you call...... Read More