Unfinished Community Podcast

In a sermon based on readings from the book of Deuteronomy and the Gospel according to Matthew, today's sermon talks about the ways we confront injustice in our lives, and in the world, and how we might push our faith to the point of moving mountains, rather than anthills. 

Worshipping once again with the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Pastor Don delivers a sermon entitled "The Measure of a Man.," which is more than a little bit based on the episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation by the same name. In this sermon, Pastor Don discusses the difference between precious speech and worthless speech, and why that difference is important to us in our...

Worshipping again with the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Pastor Don delivers a sermon entitled "The dreamer...and the dream." In it, Pastor Don discusses the Song of Solomon, and the difference between respecting our elders, and always assuming they are correct in all things. Join us for a conversation about power, and the wisdom God imparts to the youngest among us!

Delivered at the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Pastor Don delivers a sermon titled "Father's Day" (which, funnily enough, was delivered on Father's Day). In this sermon, Pastor Don explores our understanding of God as a Father, and talks about why maybe it's not always the best idea to look at God that way...

Drawing from the text of 1 Kings 19:11-13a and Romans 5:1-8., Pastor Don speaks about what it means to find God in the midst of trouble, endure, and face up to our own failures and mistakes, including the mistakes of our nations, cultures, and races. Check it out!

Drawing from the gospel text of Luke 24:36-49, Pastors Don and Akiko speak about what it means to have to wait for the Lord, follow the directions, and get lost a little bit. We also talk a little bit about ancient technology like "Mapquest;" tune in for a great dialogic sermon!

This is the sermon preached by Pastor Don on March 1, 2020 at Kobe Union Church, based on the texts of Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 and Matthew 4:1-11, including a fun story about a tree that didn't really fall, and a father who didn't really see it.

This is the sermon preached by Pastor Don on February 2, 2020, based on the texts of Micah 6:1-8, and 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, on wrestling with our own logic, and ways of understanding the world.

This sermon was delivered by Pastor Don at Kobe Union Church on January 1, 2020, and is called "Declaring Chaos."  In this sermon, Pastor Don explores God's seemingly chaotic approach to our lives, and talks about how what we experience as chaotic or challenging, might just be God at work in our lives!