Sermons
2008 



 
Jul 27

 		    "Having a Real Relationship with God" - Rev. Manuel Ruiz
 (Como Tener Una Verdadera Relacion Con Dios)

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Jul 20  

    "The Unpure Field" - Paul

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Jul 13

 		    "The Word that Shines" - Stacey
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Jul 6

 		    "The Lightest Burden" - Stacey

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Jun 29
    "Telling Both Truths" - Paul
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Jun 22
 		    "On Learning to Say Goodbye" - Paul

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Jun 15

 		    "In the Land of the Living" - Stacey

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Jun 8

    " The Contagion of Kindness" - Paul

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Jun 1
 		    "In Remembrance" - Paul

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May 25
    " The Hard Command" - Stacey

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May 18
 
 		    "Good, Good, Good!"  -  Paul

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May 11
    "All In"   -  Paul

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May 4
    "What He Prayed" - Stacey

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Apr 27
    "Exemplary" - Paul

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Apr 20
    "The Opposite of Zero" - Paul

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Apr 13
    "Friends" - Stacey

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Apr 6
    "Past Imperfect" - Paul

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Mar 30
    "The Living" - Paul

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Mar 23
    "New World" - Stacey

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Mar 16 
    "Six Hours One Friday" -  Paul

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Mar 9
    "Can These Bones Live?" -  Paul

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Mar 2
    "What We Know" - Stacey

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Feb 24
    "Dried Up" - Stacey

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Feb 17
    "Make Music!" - Paul

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Feb 10
    "Choices in the Garden" - Paul

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Feb 3
    "Eyewitnesses of Majesty" - Stacey

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Jan 27 
    "Becoming One" - Paul

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Jan 20
    "To See for Ourselves" - Paul

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Jan 13
    "Beloved and Pleasing" -  Stacey

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Jan 6
    "In Return" - Paul

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2007
     
Dec 30
    "Come, Let Us Adore Him" - Ron Tipton, guest

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Dec 24
 		    A Festival of Lessons and Carols

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Dec 23 
    "The Turning" -  Stacey

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Dec 16
    service canceled due to inclement weather

Dec 9
    "Lion and Lamb" - Paul

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Dec 2
    "A Mountain of Healing" - Paul

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Nov 25
    "The Visible Invisible" -  Stacey

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Nov 18
    "The Creator"- Paul

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Nov 11
    "Re-Digging the Wells" - Ron Tipton, guest

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Nov 4
    "Pronouncing Reality" - Stacey

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Oct 28
    "Who Are We?" -  Gilberto Aguirre, guest

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Oct 21
    "For the Long Walk" - Paul

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Oct 14
    "Living Where We Are" - Stacey

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Oct 7
    "The Perfect Storm" - Gad Lim, guest

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Sep 30
    "Take Hold" - Paul

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Sep 23
    "Little Things, Big Things" - Paul

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Sep 16     "How to Have a Party" - Stacey

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Sep 09
    "Affliction, Suffering, Calvary and Love Divine" - Gary Dorrien, guest

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Sep 02
    "Wide Open" - Stacey

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Aug 26
    "Rising to our Purpose" - Paul

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Aug 19
    "Love-Song for a Disaster" - Stacey

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Aug 12     "Thoughts from God on Religion" -  Paul

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Aug 05
    "Building Bigger" - Stacey

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Jul 29
    "The Asking Life" - Paul

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Jul 22
    "Laughing Matters" - Joe Mortensen, guest

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Jul 15
    "Plumb Line" - David Gregg, guest  

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Jul 08
    "Faith of a Different Soil" - Donnis Reese, guest

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Jul 01
    "Reasons that Justify the Existence of the Church" - Manuel Ruiz, guest 

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Jun 24
    "The Tree, the Cave, and Beyond" - Paul

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Jun 17
    "The Simplest Freedom" - Stacey

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Jun 10
    "The Politics of Praise" - Paul

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Jun 03
    "Things We Cannot Bear" - Stacey

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May 27
    "Reversing Babel" - Paul

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May 20
    " Learning to Praise " (Children & Youth Worship) - Stacey

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May 13
    "Dream of the City of God" - Paul

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May 06
    "The Way" - Stacey

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Apr 29
    "Chain of Resurrection" - Paul

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Apr 22
    " The Opposite of Secret " - Stacey

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Apr 15
    "The Witness of Doubt" - Paul

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Apr 08
    " Undone " - Stacey 

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Apr 06     "A Service of Tenebrae" - Good Friday

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Apr 01
    "Proclamation of the Passion Story" - Stacey

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Mar 25
    "Those Who Sow in Tears" - Paul

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Mar 18
    "Reconciled" - Paul

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Mar 11
    "Window of Opportunity" - Paul

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Mar 04
    "Outstretched Wings" - Stacey

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Feb 25
    "Where the Word Is" - Stacey

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Feb 18
    "Two Realities" - Paul

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Feb 11
    "The Heart of the Matter" - Stacey
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Feb 04
    "Holy, Holy ..." - Paul

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Jan 28
    "On His Way" - Stacey 

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Jan 21
    "A Social Gospel After All" - Paul 

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Jan 14
    "What We See" - Stacey

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Jan 07
    "A Good Beginning" - Paul

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2006
     
Dec 31
    "God-48104" - David Bucholtz, Pastoral Intern
Dec 24
    "Into Our World" - Paul
Dec 17
    "The Problem With Joy" - Stacey 
Dec 10
    "To Live Apart" - Paul
Dec 03
    "On Guard" - Stacey  
       
Nov 26
    "What He Came For" - Stacey
Nov 19
    "Unstoppable" - Paul
Nov 12
    "Arrested by Affluence" - David Bucholtz, Pastoral Intern
Nov 05
    "Saints in the Making" - Paul
       
Oct 29
    "Becoming the Body" - Paul
Oct 22
    "Weakness" - Gad Lim, guest 
Oct 15
  
  "Reasons that Justify the Existence of the Church" - Manuel Ruiz, guest
Oct 08
    "Like a Child" - Stacey
Oct 01
    "Stepping Out of Isolation" - Paul
       
Sep 24
    "The Good Life" - Stacey
Sep 17
    "Sky, Word, Heart" - Paul
Sep 10
    "Dogging Jesus" - Stacey
Sep 03
 
  "The Romance" - Paul  
       
Aug 27     "The Choice" - Stacey
Aug 20
    "Once Upon a Time" - Gad Lim, guest
Aug 13
    "For Such a Time As This" - John Reed, guest
Aug 06
 		    "Communication Meditation: The Bread and The Cup" - Ron Tipton, guest
       
Jul 30
    "Living toward the Enormities" - Paul
Jul 23
 		    "Unfulfilled Dreams" - Paul
Jul 16
 		    "On Telling and Hearing the Truth" - Stacey
Jul 09
 		    "The Offense of the Familiar" - Paul
Jul 02     "Desperate Measures" - Stacey
       
Jun 25
 		    "Chaos and Calm" - Paul
Jun 18     "Hidden" - Stacey
Jun 11
 		    "A New Birth" - Paul
Jun 04

"What We Celebrate" - Stacey
May 28

"Living Under Empty Skies" - Paul
May 21

"How the Difference is Made" - Paul
May 14

"Christ The Vine" - Stacey
May 07

"Greater Than Our Hearts" - Stacey
Apr 30

"A Fitting Contentment" - Paul
Apr 23

"What We Declare" - Stacey
Apr 16

"Three Faces of Easter" - Paul
Apr 09

Proclamation of the Passion Story - Stacey
Apr 02

"At the Core" - Paul
Mar 26

"Lifted Up" - Stacey
Mar 19

"After the Breaking" - Paul
Mar 12

"Who He Is" - Stacey
Mar 05


"Teachable" - Paul
Feb 26

"A Shining" - Stacey
Feb 19

"For the Paralyzed" - Paul
Feb 12

"An Athletic Faith" - Stacey
Feb 05

"A Renewed Strength" - Paul
Jan 29

"On Knowing and Loving" - Paul
Jan 22


"Holding Lightly" - Paul
Jan 15

"A Too Wonderful Knowing" - Stacey
Jan 08

"The Plunge" - Paul
Jan 01

"What Time is It?" - Arthur Francis, guest
2005



Dec 25

No Sermon - a dramatic reading of "God's Daring Plan" by Barbara Brown Taylor
Dec 18

"Saying Yes" - Stacey
Dec 11

"Grief Reclothed" - Paul
Dec 04

"The Beginning" - Stacey
Nov 27

"The Deep Longing" - Paul
Nov 20

" Between Sheep and Sheep " - Stacey
Nov 13

"Old Wells and New Wells" - Paul
Nov 06

"The Not Yet - and Now" - Paul
Oct 30

"One" - Stacey
Oct 23

"The Comprehensive Way" - Paul
Oct 16
  "The Face of God" - Gad Lim, guest
Oct 09
  "A Choice of Thoughts" - Paul
Oct 02
 
 		"The Basic Reality" - Stacey                                  


   
Sep 25

"No, Yes, and So What" - Paul
Sep 18

"In a Manner Worthy" - Stacey
Sep 11

"On Judging and Being Judged" - Stacey
Sep 04

"Unforgiven?" - Paul
Aug 28

" Asking God's Name " - Paul
Aug 21

" Transformed " - Stacey
Aug 14

  "A Matter of the Heart" - Stacey
Aug 07

"The Bread in Our Hands" - Paul
Jul 31

" Lord of the Storms " - Stacey
Jul 24

"The Big Tent" - Ron Tipton, guest
Jul 17

"The Core of Christianity" - Ron Tipton, guest
Jul 10

"The Luminous Word" - Paul
Jul 03


A Service of Hymn Singing and Testimony
Jun 26


"The Ethics of Grace" - Stacey
Jun 19


"Losing and Finding Your Life" - Paul
Jun 12


"As You Go" - Stacey
Jun 05


"Arms Beneath Us" - Paul
May 29


"The Wildflower Gospel" - Paul
May 22


" Practicing the Trinity " - Stacey
May 15


"The New Harmony" - Paul
May 08


"Under His Feet" - Stacey
May 01


"Called to Hope" - Bill Foster, guest
Apr 24


"While We Can" - Paul
Apr 17


" Christ the Door " - Stacey
Apr 10


"Nothing Matters/Everything Matters" - Paul
Apr 03


" The Wounded One " - Stacey
Mar 27

" Risen " - Stacey
Mar 20

" Passion Meditation " - Stacey
Mar 13

" Out of the Depths  " - Paul and Stacey
Mar 06


" When Life Gets Dark " - Stacey
Feb 27


"Precious Suffering" - Stacey
Feb 20


"The End of Religion" - Paul
Feb 13


"Out of the Wilderness" - Stacey
Feb 06


"Salt and Light" - Paul
Jan 30


"Perfect Foolishness" - Stacey
Jan 23


"To Be a Seeker" - Paul
Jan 16


" Come and See  " - Stacey
Jan 09


"Departing in Peace" - Paul
Jan 02


"The Message in the Gift" - Bill Foster, guest
2004
     
Dec 26

"Leaving Bethlehem" - Paul
Dec 19

"Joseph and the Wild Child" - Paul
Dec 12

"The One" - Stacey
Dec 05

"Prepare!" - Stacey
Nov 28

"Wake-Up Call" - Stacey
Nov 21

"Held Together" - Stacey
Nov 14

"The Old Bible in the New World" - Ron Tipton, guest
Nov 07

Durufle "Requiem" and Reflections
Oct 31

"Worthy Dreams" - Stacey    



Celebrating 100 years of Campus Ministry
Oct 24

"Expressing the Heart" - Paul
Oct 17

"Relentless" - Paul
Oct 10

"Return to Praise" - Paul
Oct 03

"The Fellowship of Confidence" - Paul
Sep 26

"Across the Chasm" - Paul
Sep 19

"On Being Shrewd" - Paul
Sep 12
   "God on the Hunt" - Paul
Sep 05
  "Considering the Cost" - Paul
  
     
Aug 29
   "The Lord's Prayer - Part 2" - Ron Tipton, guest
Aug 22
   "The Lord's Prayer - Part 1" - Ron Tipton, guest
Aug 15
   "When Life Gets Difficult" - Ron Tipton, guest
Aug 08
   "Choosing to Live" - Paul
Aug 01
   "Seeking Forgiveness" - Paul
  
     
Jul 25
   "How to Fight a Giant" - Paul
Jul 18
   "Being Chosen" - Paul
Jul 11
   "Believing in Deliverance" - Paul
Jul 04
   "Freedom" - Paul
  
     
Jun 27
   "Getting Under Other Burdens" - Paul
Jun 20
   "The Healing  of a Split Self" - Paul
Jun 13
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