Author: Pastor Nick
Forty-seven years of ordained ministry, beginning for twelve years as a Jesuit priest, thirty-two as a United Methodist Pastor.
“No Ifs Ands or Buts”
Before the resurrection of Jesus, Peter had his own form of stubbornness, saying “If it’s you on the water call me to yourself.” There are other times when Peter before the resurrection resi... Read More
“Paradox Power”
We are faced in life with strange inconsistencies–different ways of seeing things. These are called paradoxes. It’s when two opposing things are embraced and held together that retain the trut... Read More
“Compassion: A Hidden Treasure”
A fresh look at how the hidden treasure of compassion can release the enemies of the world to become objects of love toward their transformation. The full quoted text from Cardinal Mimi is available i... Read More
“The God-Centered Life”
What is it that makes your life God-Centered? This sermon explores the poetry of Thomas Troeger as one of the ways in which we can discover the relationship between faith and science. I hope you enjoy... Read More
“Good Soil in the Heart”
The parable of the sower allows a wide expanse of interpreting it personally in each of our lives. This was an exciting sermon for me to present. I pray that we might be not only good soil which God h... Read More
“Beyond Forgiveness”
Beyond forgiveness: it’s one thing to experience God’s forgiveness or the forgiveness of someone else when we’ve wronged them or our experience of forgiving ourselves for the many po... Read More
“A Letter of Joy”
We turn our attention away from St. Matthew’s Gospel today and next Sunday, to focus on St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Nick gives some background about the city of Philippi and then a v... Read More
”Welcome to God’s World!”
The immensity of God’s World filled with the presence of Jesus.... Read More
”The Powerful Prayer of a Mother”
The true story of Peter Richley – and indeed, how powerful is the prayer of a Mother!... Read More
“The Wayless Way”
From Meister Eckhart I’ll share with you the truth I’ve found: that life is full of a darkness that can enlighten you in its own way; there’s a thread there to guide you, but to find... Read More
“Holy Love”
Jesus invites us into the totality of who God is with us as his sheep. The purpose of God’s creation is that we share completely the reality of God in a divinized way.... Read More
“Connecting Divine Dots”
Imagine Jesus walking with you from morning to evening as your heart awakens to joy. This is more than imagination, much wider and expansive than the ingredients of your fears and your dashed hopes. W... Read More
“No Greater Love”
Recording of the sermon on Palm Sunday. Apologies for the distortion.... Read More
“Life Sentence”
The Call to Worship L: It’s springtime; the earth is unwrapping its gifts of life. P: Unwrap me and set me free, Jesus. L: Beyond what our eyes can see, our heart says you are here, Jesus. P: Unwrap... Read More
“Secure in Jesus’s Love”
Here’s one of several extended conversations and discourses proper to John’s Gospel. They’re dramatic. The story of the Man Born Blind and the various interactions with Pharisees, fa... Read More
“Be Still and Know that I Am God”
Our District Superintendent, Rev. Sang Won Doh, visits us and shares a powerful message.... Read More
“An Escaped Ski”
“What love accomplishes, is balance, a kind of balance in the chaos of existence. He rides the drifts like an escaped ski. His course is the caress of the hill. His track is a drawing of the snow in... Read More
“Your Inner Light”
Sermon Points... Read More
The Love-Joy Connection
Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousne... Read More
“No Red Carpet”
This Christmas, may we resist the urge to avoid the story. May we refuse the narcotic of a sentimental peace. May we let discomfort sharpen our compassion rather than spark our defensiveness. May we s... Read More
The Energy of Chant
No matter how deep the darkness within you, there remains a spark there, and this light wants only this: the naked God as God truly is, and not ideas about God, however true this might be. This spark ... Read More
More than Enough
The sermon flows from the prayer of Saint Teresa of Avila: Let nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you, all things are passing, God is unchanging. Patience gains all; nothing is lacking to those who... Read More
