Engaging Sacred Stories and Traditions

Editor and Contributor of Advent Devotionals
2017
2018
2019
2020

Editor and Contributor of Lenten Devotional:
2021

For four years I have been blessed to have the job of editing and providing content for the Advent Devotional, this year we created a Lenten Devotional, a collaborative effort started at First Congregational Church of Fresno with other local churches in the Sequoia Association of the UCC, and friends. It is one of the things that has fed my soul the most, even though it is a LOT of work to get everyone’s submissions in on time, edited, formatted, and ready for print! Reading the different perspectives from those in my community on these familiar scriptures is a wonderful way to work one’s way through Advent.

  • Leading faith formation effectively across generations
    • Forms and empowers faith leaders of all generations
  • Maturing in effective proclamation and preaching.
    • Fosters appreciation for diverse was of understanding scripture and for diverse styles of preaching
  • Exhibiting knowlege, understanding, and continuing study of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament.
    • Reads the Bible prayerfully

A Prayer Inspired by 1 John 4:7-21 for Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B

A prayer I wrote after lectio divina with the text, which was used in worship on May 2, 2021.

  • Exhibiting knowledge, understanding, and continuing study of the Hebrew Scriptures and the
    New Testament.
    • Maturing in effective proclamation and preaching.
    • Reads the Bible prayerfully.
    • Uses appropriate interpretive lenses, including those that bend toward love,
      compassion, and justice.

Homily Transcript • December 22, 2019

This short homily was used on the fouth sunday of Advent, 2019 at Grace Community Church in North Fork, CA. I made use of storytelling through first-person narrative, telling Matthew 1:18-25 (Lectionary Year A) as imagined from Mary’s perspective. It has been my most-requested sermon to have a copy of after the service, and I’m going to pretend that it wasn’t just because it was short. 🙂

  • Maturing in effective proclamation and preaching.
    • Crafts and delivers sermons toward individual and communal transformation, grounded in sacred stories and traditions.
  • Exhibiting knowlege, understanding, and continuing study of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament.
    • Uses appropriate interpretive lenses, including those that bend toward love, compassion, and justice.
    • Understands the historical development of the Bible, including the social, economic, and political contexts out of which biblical literature grew.
  • Bringing life to sacred stories and traditions in worship, proclamation, and witness.
    • Appreciates the role of music and the arts in worship.
    • Affirms diverse practices in worship, proclamation, and witness, and incorporates them into worship planning appropriately.

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