Rev. Ben preaches on Luke’s telling of the beatitudes, connecting it to the importance of accepting inconsistencies and messy human-ness as opposed to retreating into like-minded factions. Read Luke 7:17-38 on Bibles.org
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Sermons by Rev. Ben Daniel (Page 4)
Rev. Ben examines the story of Jesus preaching in his hometown, connecting it to the need for gratitude in the face of evil and oppression. Read Luke 4:14-30 on Bibles.org
Rev. Ben expands on 1 Corinthians 12:4-31 to ask: What can the Christian church learn from and offer to other faith traditions, and what is the church’s role in the world and the cosmos beyond?
Rev. Ben discusses Luke’s story of Jesus’ baptism, connecting it to a new way of seeing the sacrament that reaffirms our relationship with, and responsibility for, the wider world. Read Luke 3:1-22 on Bibles.org
On Epiphany Sunday, Rev. Ben preaches on the meaning of Epiphany in his life, and the ways in which it calls us to find Christ in discovery, creation and newness. Read Matthew 2:1-12 on Bibles.org
On the fourth Sunday of Advent, Rev. Talitha leads us through a series of reflections, readings, and songs to explore the meaning of Emmanuel coming to a troubled world.
Preaching on the first Sunday of Advent, Rev. Ben asks “Why celebrate Advent at all?”, connecting the season to hope, and the promise of comfort, harmony and peace. Read Isaiah 40:1-5 on Bibles.org
Rev. Ben explores the adoption of a new set of anti-hierarchical biblical metaphors in this age of modern American empire.
In times that can feel like a modern apocalypse, Rev. Ben reinterprets apocalyptic biblical literature as a message of hope.
In the third of a series of peace sermons leading up to a vote on a peach church declaration, Ben considers two questions: What good would such a declaration do? And would military action to prevent atrocities be justified? Ben answers with the help of the Golden Rule and a passage from Mark.