Freshly returned from study leave, Rev. Ben discusses the call to Christian unity found in Ephesians, connecting it to the need to learn from other faiths, and to building bridges to anyone who sees the world differently than we do. Read Ephesians 2:11-22 on Bibles.org

Rev. Ben struggles with Christian to reconciliation, particularly when considering the supporters of immigration policies that punish children, and offers the option to prayerfully reconcile instead with the victims of oppression. Read 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 on Bibles.org

On the first Sunday of Pride Month, Rev. Ben praises the persistence of LGBTQ activists, and encourages us to learn from those who fought, and to be equally steadfast during the long struggle for justice. Visit The Outwords Project Archive website (mentioned in Ben’s sermon) Read 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 on Bibles.org

“Those who forget God, the single assurance of our safety, can be recognized in the fact that they make irrational responses to irrational fears.”  Americans are deeply and pathologically afraid. This fear leads to racism, an addiction to guns and violence, xenophobia, and other ills. Courage is needed.

Rev. Ben offers advice on preparing for our own personal Pentecost.

When Jesus says “Love one another” in John 15, he uses the Greek word “Agape”, which can be translated as “neighborly”. Be neighborly, especially those in need.

Earth Day 2018: In the troubled Promised Land of our modern world, when environmental pressures on our planet seem overwhelming, Rev. Ben reminds us that our individual choices and actions still matter.

Go ahead, be a doubting Thomas! Faith in the power of Resurrection is not so much believing as living as if it were true.

On his first-ever Easter/April Fools’ Sunday, Rev. Ben uses the surprise of Mark’s Easter cliffhanger to remind us that when we seek certainty, when we lose hope, when we doubt the power and the relevance of the resurrection, the joke’s on us.

On Palm Sunday, Rev. Ben invites the ways that God is present with us in our suffering, as Jesus suffered — but also that God infuses all things in a deeper, all-encompassing way. Read Mark 11:1-11 on Bibles.org During the sermon, Rev Ben refers to Luis Alberto Urrea’s book The Hummingbird’s Daughter. Read more about that book on Indiebooks.com