Sermon December 11, 2016:  Rev. Dr. Buz Wilcoxon In the pages of the Bible dreams are important business. Dreams are those odd landscapes between wakefulness and sleep. Usually today, if we remember details from our dreams we attribute them to something we ate or drank or maybe something stressful from our day. Last week we had a meeting [...]

Sermon October 2, 2016: Dr. Buz Wilcoxon The story of Esther, the story of survival and struggle of the Jewish people in exile is the story of trying to balance faith in a foreign land. Trying to navigate between two extremes, between being a sell out or a sectarian. Esther could have denied who she really was, abandoned [...]

Sermon October 2, 2016, Dr. Buz Wilcoxon Yesterday, was a big day at our house. Our son, Wilson, turned four years old. And boy, was it one heck of a party! Now, by the measure of the world that’s not a big deal. Hundreds of thousands of children are born every day. So, every day somebody, hundreds of [...]

July 14, 2016 Excuses, Excuses, Excuses! [Daniel walks in carrying a map] You there, what’s your excuse? Why can’t you come to the party? Oh, you just bought a piece of land. I see. Yeah, that makes sense. In today’s world, where every little hiccup leads to economic uncertainty, where decisions made by kingdoms an ocean away can change [...]