Author: David Chavez

This week we focus on Sacred Spaces as our Advent series Reflecting the Sacred continues toward Christmas.  This Sunday we light the Candle of Joy on our Advent wreath. The Candle of … [Read more…]

This week we continue our Advent series Reflecting the Sacred focusing on Sacred People.  When God created people God said Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature, we, … [Read more…]

Advent is here!  The first Sunday of Advent is November 27 and the season continues for four weeks until Christmas Eve, December 24th.  We will be celebrating the Sundays of … [Read more…]

This Sunday, Warren TenBrook delivers a sermon from the Rev. J Alfred Smith, Jr., a leader of the Black Church in the the Bay Area.  The message is a prophetic witness about … [Read more…]

WE ARE ALL COMPOSERS: We’ve been hearing it for weeks now: our church is in a time of transition and change. As we go through these times, it helps to … [Read more…]

What does it take to be a saint? First, what does it mean to be a saint? Well, it depends who you ask! A saint can be a person who is … [Read more…]

This Sunday I will preach the second of a two-part sermon on the Triune nature of the God we worship.  After a quick summary of last week’s sermon, “Meeting God … [Read more…]

“The Trinity (Part 1): Meeting God as Judge and Savior” The doctrine of the Trinity is neglected in most mainline Protestant churches these days. Sunday I am going to preach … [Read more…]

The parable of the sower is a very familiar story in the New Testament.  Jesus tells the crowd this parable while sitting in a boat on the Sea of Galilee.  Most teaching … [Read more…]