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Ash Wednesday Mar 03, 2020

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Why do we create space to lament and connect with our mortality on Ash Wednesday? How could the shape of our Lenten journey vary based on social location? Michael invites us to the o see Vance of a holy Lent.

Good Shepherd New York Mar 02, 2020

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On the first Sunday of Lent, Michael unveils the new name for our church which goes live on Easter and casts vision for the power and potential of this metaphor for New York.

Missional Feb 24, 2020

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Our church community doesn’t exist for itself. We exist for the good of our neighbors. How can we shift our imagination to see God’s loving activity all around us? How can we shift our thinking from treating “mission” as a segment of our life or church to seeing it as connected to everything?

Sacramental Feb 17, 2020

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What does it mean to be part of a community with a sacramental imagination? Michael lays out the vision of a sacramental outlook and the splits of our lives it seeks to heal.

Biblical & Credal Feb 10, 2020

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In this sermon, Michael talks about two of our community’s four distinctives. As a free, interdenominational church we sense a call to experiment and explore but all the while we are tethered to the Bible and the Creeds. What does that mean?

Curiosity + Creativity Feb 04, 2020

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Michael reflects on two of our core values as a church and casts vision for why this is needed deeply at this moment in society.

Generosity Jan 27, 2020

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In this sermon, Pastor Michael talks about the third core value of our church: generosity. What if generosity begins as perception? In a contest of how we see God and life, which vision will win our imagination? Scarcity or Abundance?

Unity + Diversity Jan 21, 2020

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On MLK Sunday Michael begins to explore our church’s core values, beginning with our sense of calling to hold the tension of unity and diversity.

LOVE is the WHAT Jan 13, 2020

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Our mission is to help New Yorkers embody the love of Christ for the good of our neighbors. Michael explores how Christ uniquely shapes our idea of a love that tears down walls of division and extends to all.

LIFE is the WHY Jan 06, 2020

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Jesus himself said that life was the point. But at this cultural moment many are wandering with an untethered spirituality or weathering toxic religion. In this sermon Michael uses the image of the wind and the sail to talk about how we can live a good life.

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