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

Rev. Ben preaches on Jesus welcoming the Greeks in John 12:20, taking its lesson about interweaving cultures and relating it to our need to blend glorification of God (through social justice) with enjoying God (through prayer and contemplation). Read John 12:20-33 on Bibles.org

Rev. Ben invites us to find our Christlike inner disrupter and turn the tables on injustice.

Beginning with a family story and Mark 8:27, Rev. Ben addresses the issue of who we each say Jesus is, and what the answer to that question says about ourselves. Read Mark 8:27-38 on Bibles.org

At the approach of Lent, Rev. Ben goes alimentary, proposing a spiritual and moral obligation to the thoughtful preparation of delicious food, in praise of God. Read Mark 9:2-9 on Bibles.org

Rev. Ben preaches on Mark’s stories about Jesus healing the sick, drawing out lessons about “personal faith” compared with “communal faith”, and the ways in which we are called to bring the Kingdom to others through our actions. Read Mark 1:24 on Bibles.org