Evergreen Sermons
Listening to the River
Text: Psalm 65 We're now in our third week of looking at the Bible with a lens of thinking about the natural world. And as I'm spending time with these texts that are essentially poems or songs about God as creator and about the functioning of the earth and...
Speaking with the Whirlwind
Text: Job 38 Now that I started this series using poetry, I felt like I needed to continue that pattern. So I went looking for poetry about creation. And especially about the heavens, about the weather and sky. And I found Joy Harjo. Thank God for Joy Harjo....
Skilled Mastery for God’s Masterpiece
Text: Genesis 1:1-2:4a The Peace of Wild Things, by Wendell Berry [watch an animation here, listen to Wendell Berry read here] When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may...
Workout Music
Text: Philippians 2:1-13 Not to brag, but I go to the gym two or three times a week to work with a trainer. The program that I'm part of is called "TEAM" training and usually I'm working with between 2 and 7 other people. Exactly who I'm with rotates depending...
Compassion, Action, Reflection
Text: Philippians 1:1-18 For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight 10 to help you to determine what is best, so that on...
Same, Same but Different
Text: Acts 17:16-34 Several years ago there was a special delegate session of MCUSA in Kansas city. This was after we'd had to skip an assembly because of Covid so there hadn't been delegate opportunities. And this was the session at which we discerned the...
Discipleship v Captivity
Text: Acts 16:16-36 Last Sunday morning I was listening to NPR both before and during my drive to church. And as I'm sure you all know, a news reader will periodically read the headlines between the Sunday puzzle and the interviews with authors and musicians...
It’s Okay to Change Your Mind
Text: Acts 9:1-19 Link to audio/video here. The story of Saul on the road to Damscus is often framed as a conversion story. It's referenced when people tell their own stories of conversion. And it's a big deal within the narrative of Acts - Saul recounts it several...
Mary Stayed
Text: John 20:1-18 I sure am happy it's Easter. Lent has felt hard and heavy. Both the scriptures I've been preaching on and just the news and the business of family life. To be here at last feels life a huge sense of relief! We get to eat delicious food and...
Trees, the Land and Jesus: Stories and Reflections from our Joint Struggle in the West Bank
The article below is an edited version of the sermon Liam shared with Evergreen on March 29, 2026 Easterly Reflections from our Joint Struggle Tour In February, I joined a delegation of Mennonites traveling to the West Bank. Since returning home, the transition...