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Sermons as essays.

Every sermon from the Commons pulpit, published as an essay. Because the best sermons deserve a second reading.

Hospitality of strangers
Issue 041 · Apr 19

The Table We Share

World Communion Sunday. Why bread breaks down borders the State couldn't.

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Issue 040 · Apr 12

On the Ethics of Prayer

What we do when we pray "your kingdom come." A meditation on the Lord's Prayer as a political act.

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Issue 039 · Apr 5

The Widow’s Two Mites

A sermon about the economy of small things, and why Jesus called two copper coins "more than all the others."

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Issue 038 · Mar 29

On Not Belonging

What it means to be "strangers and exiles on the earth" — a sermon for a congregation of immigrants and long-term neighbors.

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Issue 037 · Mar 22

The God Who Keeps Showing Up

A sermon on the patience of God, preached on a difficult week for our community.

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