Drawing on Exodus, Jesus' teaching on forgiveness, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s question "Where Do We Go from Here?", The Rev. Mike Angell explores the difference between contract and covenant. In an age of anxiety and artificial intelligence, Christian community is built through mercy, forgiveness, relationship, and grace.

Our preacher in Residence reflects on what it means to be “Christian enough,” inviting us to see ourselves, our neighbors, and the world through Jesus’ soft eyes. Moving beyond judgment, fear, and exclusion, she calls the church to embody grace, community, justice, and Christ's presence through courageous love and solidarity.

What does true religion look like? Reflecting on Moses at the burning bush, Jesus' call to take up the cross, and the witness of Dolly Parton, The Rev. Mike Angell explores faith as attention to God's presence, solidarity with those who suffer, and a life shaped by generosity, justice, and love.

What if faith isn’t about getting everything right? Reflecting on Peter’s bold confession, The Rev. Simone reminds us that God works through imperfect people. Like Peter, we are invited to take risks, make mistakes, ask for help, and trust that God meets us in the unknown, transforming failure into faithful community.

After months of drought, the rain becomes a teacher. Reflecting on the Canaanite woman who would not settle for crumbs, The Rev. Mike Angell invites us to imagine a wider circle of belonging, where grace moves like water through hidden roots, restoring what has grown dry, brittle, and disconnected.

Drawing on Peter walking on water, Joseph and his brothers, and the wisdom of recovery communities, The Rev. Mike Angell challenges the myth of self-sufficiency. Faith is not about doing more or believing harder. It is the courage to admit our need for God, community, and one another.

Drawing on Jacob’s wrestling at the Jabbok, Paul’s grief in Romans, and the feeding of the five thousand, [Name of Preacher] explores how scarcity is often a posture of fear rather than reality. God’s love multiplies when shared, inviting us to practice abundance, welcome others, and trust grace.

Many of us wish faith came with clear answers and guaranteed scripts. Scripture stubbornly refuses to cooperate. Through the story of Jacob, Leah, and Rachel, and the wisdom of the rabbis who wrestled with this text, we discover that God is found not in rigid formulas but in grace-filled relationships, unexpected blessings, and lives that are far messier than we planned.

Reflecting on Jacob's dream and God's promise, The Rev. Mike Angell explores how accompaniment becomes a living expression of faith. Through stories from St. Michael's immigration ministry, this sermon invites us to reject fear and division, embrace human dignity, and discover holy ground wherever we say, "I am with you."

Using the parable of a grain of rice and Jesus’ teaching about the sower, The Rev. Lee Lowery reflects on how faith is meant to be lived, shared, and multiplied. God's kingdom grows when we cultivate the seeds of love, joy, kindness, and generosity in our lives and communities.

On the weekend of America’s 250th anniversary, Angel Nalubega reflects on Paul’s confession that we often know what is right yet fail to do it. Naming the realities of nationalism, racism, and exclusion, this sermon calls Christians to solidarity with the vulnerable, receiving grace together and becoming Christ’s beloved community.

Exploring Paul’s letter to the Romans, this sermon wrestles with grace, sin, and transformation. It contrasts “cheap grace” with costly grace that calls us to follow Christ. Baptism is not symbolic alone but a new identity—reminding us we are loved, redeemed, and invited into a life of purpose and possibility.

00:00 Opening & Introduction 00:45 Context: Paul, Rome, and Early Church Tensions 03:15 Jews, Gentiles, and Leadership Conflict 05:30 The Law as a Gift of Grace 07:00 “If Grace Abounds, Should We Sin?” 08:30 Cheap Grace vs. Costly Grace (Bonhoeffer) 11:30 Baptism as Transformation, Not Symbol 13:30 The Struggle with Sin After Baptism 15:30 Exodus Imagery & New Life in Christ 17:30 What Baptism Really Means 19:30 Identity, Commitment, and Belonging 21:30 The $100 Bill Illustration: Our Inherent Worth 23:00 Living as Beloved People 24:15 Closing Prayer

In a time marked by division and exhaustion, this reflection turns to an unexpected place for hope: laughter. From Genesis to the Pride parade to Jesus’ sending of the disciples, it argues that making space for one another through conversation may be how God continues to do the impossible in our midst.

In a moment shaped by fear, division, and questions about who belongs, this sermon explores how God unsettles our settled assumptions and invites us into a wider, deeper way of living together. Drawing from the story of Abraham leaving Haran and Jesus sitting at table with a tax collector, this reflection asks a simple but urgent question: who will you be?

In this Pride sermon, The Rev. Mike Angell reflects on the church’s history of both harm and courage, lifting up the witness of Pauli Murray and the faithful resistance of local communities. The message is clear: welcome is not something the church gets credit for, but something it is called to live into. The work ahead is making sure every LGBTQ+ person, and every child, knows they are created in the image and likeness of God, beloved and fully included.

On Trinity Sunday, Rev. Mike Angell reframes doctrine as invitation. The Trinity reveals God as dynamic relationship, not solitary power. Even with doubt, we are drawn into belonging, made in the image of love. In a divided world, faith becomes practiced community, where all are welcomed to the table at the heart of God.

This sermon explores the Spirit not as spectacle, but as breath—quietly bringing peace, healing, and courage. Through scripture and personal stories, it reveals how holy love restores brokenness, overcomes fear, and forms new community. True belief means giving one’s whole heart to God’s love and living it out.

On Ascension Day, this sermon contrasts a culture of shallow, disposable living with the Gospel’s call to rooted presence. Drawing on Robin Wall Kimmerer and the angels in Acts, it invites us to stop looking for escape, to love fiercely, and to live deeply. Not everywhere, but somewhere. As if we were staying.

Set against stories of injustice past and present, this sermon explores Jesus’ commandment to love as a costly, embodied practice. Rooted in the farewell discourse and the Eucharist, it calls the church to resist separation, stand with the suffering, and become Christ’s body, broken and given for the life of the world.

In this sermon, our rector reflects on how Christian faith has often been shaped by an anxious focus on salvation that Jesus himself never centers. Drawing on John 14, he argues that Jesus’ words about being “the way” point not to exclusion or superiority, but to a way of life marked by trust, compassion, and openness to God here and now. When fear‑based theology turns faith into boundary‑making or nationalism, it loses sight of a God whose house always has room to spare.