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Common Table’s February 22, 2026 sermon. First Sunday in Lent - John 11:1-17 // A World of Pure Imagination w/Drew Willson With the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights activist and colleague of the Rev. Dr. King, we enter the Lenten season pondering prophetic imagination. What voices will inspire and guide us today as we struggle with truth vs. lies, personal wealth vs. commonwealth, whi...

Common Table’s February 15, 2026 sermon. Transfiguration Sunday - John 4:46-54 // Actions Speak Louder w/Drew Willson. While we're flooded with disturbing words every day, Jesus offers healing via miraculous action in John 4. Let's listen and worship to break from the chaos, rest in the liturgy, receive healing communion, and plan our Lenten action.

Common Table’s February 8, 2026 sermon. Ordinary Time - John 3:1-21 // For the Love of God w/Jess Houser. After a long break due to weather conditions, Common Table finally gathered with our guest speaker Jess Houser, lay leader at Common Table. Jess preaches on the love of God through the lens of John 3:1-21. Jess has been worshipping with Common Table since the Spring of 2023 and also serves as...

Common Table’s January 18, 2026 sermon. Second Sunday after Epiphany - John 2:13-25 // Turning the Tables w/Drew Willson. If you've experienced any anger at the news these days, here's some good news:  Jesus gets angry, too.  Listen to the story of Jesus throwing a "temple tantrum" in John 2, driving out people, cattle, sheep, and doves with a whip! What makes Jesus angry? And ho...

Common Table’s January 11, 2026 sermon. First Sunday after Epiphany - John 2:1-11 // The Miracle of Change w/Drew Willson. After another week of injustice in the news, we gathered disappointed but not discouraged, drawing strength from the saints before us and around us to act for change. How good to gather around the story of Jesus' first miraculous sign in the gospel of John: the changing of...

Common Table’s January 4, 2026 sermon. Epiphany Sunday - John 1:35-51 // Come and See w/Drew Willson. Cold December flies away at the rose-red splendor: now the crowning glory breaks while the whole world wonders.... - En el Frío Invernal (Catalonian carol) Gather round! As light dawns on this new year, we read the opening story from the gospel of John in which Jesus and his disciples begin to mee...

Common Tables December 24, 2025 Christmas Eve Service of Las Posadas. Let every heart prepare him room!  Our Christmas Eve service was an interactive, family-friendly experience of the Christmas story! This shorter worship experience engaged all ages with music, drama, and candle-lighting. While you may not get the full experience, you can listen as we reflect on the Holy Family's search for s...

Common Table’s December 21, 2025 sermon. Fourth Sunday of Advent - Matthew 1:18-25 // Unexpectedly Expecting w/Alli Koehler-Masavisut. Common Tabler and justice ministry team leader Alli Koehler-Masavisut guides our reflection on the Christmas story in the gospel of Matthew. How does God's way into the world shake up Joseph and Mary's expectations? How about our own?

Common Table’s December 14, 2025 sermon. Third Sunday of Advent - Isaiah 55:1-13 // Home for the Holidays w/Drew Willson. The ancient prophet Isaiah riffs on the good news: the people in exile get to go back home! Yet the Lord is changing expectations for what home and history look like. Let's listen to celebrate why this holy shake-up is a good thing, especially in this holiday season.

Common Table’s December 7, 2025 sermon and bonus song. Second Sunday of Advent - Ezekiel 37:1-14 // Good Bones w/Drew Willson with a bonus song written and performed by Drew Willson called Good Bones. The ancient prophet Ezekiel finds himself in a valley of dry bones, and we ponder the desolate places we find ourselves today. Can these bones live? Let's listen to recover a life-giving word for...

Common Table’s November 30, 2025 sermon. First Sunday of Advent - Daniel 3:1, 8-30 // Into the Fire w/Lauren Leggett Advent begins with a blaze! We lit the first Advent wreath candle as UPSEM graduate and certified lay minister Lauren Leggett led an exploration of the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into the fiery furnace of the king!

Common Table’s November 23, 2025 sermon. Second Sunday of Advent - Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 // Oh, The Places You’ll Stay w/Drew Willson O come, O come Emmanuel that mourns in lonely exile here... On Christ the King Sunday (the final Sunday of the Christian year) we read the words of the prophet Jeremiah to God's people exiled in Babylon. Though they'd love to come home, God encourages them to...

Common Table’s November 16, 2025 Sermon. Ordinary Time - Isaiah 9:1-7 // Light in the Dark w/Drew Willson. In preparation for the Advent season, we read the classic expectation text from Isaiah 9 that inspired Handel's  Messiah : "For unto us a child is born..."  Together, we reflect on Isaiah's vision of people walking in darkness and seeing a great light.

Common Table’s November 9, 2025 sermon. Ordinary time - Amos 1:1-2; 5:8-15, 21-24 // Let Justice Roll w/Drew Willson. Election Day is past! No more political ads! With a consequential election in the rearview and plenty of work on the horizon, let's learn from what the prophet Amos has to say about the people of God, public worship, and political life. "While we do not believe churches sh...

Common Table’s November 9, 2025 sermon. Ordinary time - Amos 1:1-2; 5:8-15, 21-24 // Let Justice Roll w/Drew Willson Election Day is past! No more political ads! With a consequential election in the rearview and plenty of work on the horizon, let's learn from what the prophet Amos has to say about the people of God, public worship, and political life. "While we do not believe churches sho...

Common Table’s November 2, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Kings 19:1-18 // On Saints, Silence, and Speaking Out w/Drew Willson All Saints Sunday is a special day to gather and give thanks for our dearly departed. They loved us into being, they revealed to us how to love and live, and so they encouraged us to become saints ourselves. We celebrated the communion of saints as we remember the dead: th...

Common Table’s October 26, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:1-13 // Holy Spaces w/Meredith McNabb We welcomed the Rev. Meredith McNabb as our guest preacher. She guided our reflection on what makes for holy spaces as we consider both Solomon's temple of old and the structures we create today. Together let's discover the kind of holy space we crave as we gather for holy communi...

Common Table’s October 19, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Samuel 16:1-13 // Time for a Change in Leadership w/Drew Willson. In the Bible, does God get involved in human politics? If so, does that mean that God blesses all of our human politics? We consider Samuel's story in 1 Kings 13: though Samuel has anointed Saul as the first king of Israel, the Lord tells him that it's time for a chan...

Common Table's October 12, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Samuel 3 // Calling Ghosts w/Drew Willson. With Halloween approaching, listen to the story about the only character who ever appears as a ghost in the Bible! We reflect on the legacy of ghosts in America: what still haunts us today, and how we can take part in healing.

Common Table's October 5, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Exodus 16:1-18 // Bread for the World w/Drew Willson. On this World Communion Sunday, we're mindful of the many gifts and cultures that make up the Body of Christ. In a time of heightened nationalism, border sensitivity, and partisan animosity, we identify with a greater community.  Come take your place at the table that breaks down ba...

Common Table's September 28, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-12 // Counter-intuitive w/Drew Willson. Listen as we reflect on lunch counter sit-ins for civil rights and God calling Moses from the margins to set people free. With injustices piling high in the daily news, let's reconnect with our own calling to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.

Common Table's September 21, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Genesis 28:10-22 // Changing Journey w/Drew Willson. We look through the lens of Jacob's story in Genesis 28 to consider how we change. We live in a time of polarized, partisan, even petrified perspectives. How might we draw on a different dream of this world? How might we be freed to breathe, move, and change?

Common Table's Sept 14, 2025 Sermon. Ordinary Time - Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14 // The Right Sacrifice w/Drew Willson After another week of heart-rending national news, we gather to do some hard, hopeful, healing work. We tackle one of the toughest texts in the Bible—God’s call to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac in Genesis 22—as we reckon with violence in our world. In the name of all that is...

Common Table's Sept 7, 2025 sermon*. Ordinary Time - Genesis 1:1-2:4 // The Oldest Story Anew w/Drew Willson. Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. Where would we be without the bar-fueled wisdom of Semisonic's "Closing Time"? How would we ever know when it's time to move on? Listen as we begin the narrative lectionary, our September-to-May journey th...

Common Table's Aug 31, 2025 sermon // Ordinary Time - Revelation 21:1-6; 22:1-5: Revelation from the Cheshire Cat w/Drew Willson At Common Table we pray for Minneapolis, ponder endings and new beginnings, and explore the Book of Revelation with wisdom from the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland. We live in surreal times, so let's lean in together.