Video Devotions
Deepening your faith happens more than just on Sunday! I create short videos to help you grow in faith and that help you reflect on how God might be on the move in your life and in our world.
Daily Bread
We have daily needs! What do you need for sustenance?
The Power of Contemplation
Contemplation has the power to change us and the world for the better!
Being Christian in America
After the events of Jan 6th, 2021, how does our faith call us reflect and act?
RBG - Woman of Valor
We honor RBG as embodying the true essence of Proverbs 31.
These videos and others can be found at https://www.lopc.org/daily-devotion/
Sermons
Sermons are a wonderful way to explore scripture and discern how they might apply to our current context. I love bringing storytelling and current events to sermons!
Just a Taste
Luke 2:22-40
Sermon begins at 28:48.
Who is My Neighbor?
Luke 10:25-37
Sermon begins at 26:20.
What is the Good Life?
Matthew 5:1–16
Poured Out Prayer
1 Samuel 1: 7-19
These videos and others can also be found at https://www.lopc.org/sermons/
“You cannot bear the name of God and ignore the face of the oppressed. The name of God compels you to have an opinion about injustice.”
- Cole Arthur Riley
Libretto of “Passion” (2019)
“Passion” is a collaborative project that Brett Strader, the Music Director at Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, and I completed for the LOPC Good Friday Service in 2019.
1. Crucify
2. Anointing (Mary of Bethany)
3. Supper
4. Pilate’s Dreaming Wife
5. Magnificat (Jesus & Mary, Mother of Jesus)
These video can also be found at https://www.lopc.org/worship/passion/
What follows was my introduction to “Passion” that appeared in the bulletin of the service:
“From the time that I was studying poetry as an undergraduate, I continued to be captivated by the possibility of the stories in the Bible. I’ve always thought that we should bring more creativity to help understand scripture, similar to the Jewish tradition of Midrash, I’ve employed creative thinking in how I have imagined Jesus’ life and final days. My goal is not to explain things exactly as they may have happened, but to experiment with the freedom that the gaps in scripture leaves to our imagination. In these lyrics, I invite you to explore these possibilities with me.
I’ve greatly enjoyed writing these lyrics. I have been inspired by the dream that Pilate’s wife might have had, imagining what was in the heart of the crowd that shouted “crucify,” as well as imagining the similarity of Mary’s thoughts while giving birth to Jesus and the same love that Jesus must have had for us as he hung on the cross.
My hope is that this work inspires your faith. But, perhaps most importantly, I hope that this work makes God smile knowing that in some small human way we have tried to imagine the unimaginable love of God.”