Tag Archives: God

Gather in Joy – a sermon for our first Sunday in our new sanctuary

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Can you believe it?! I never doubted we would get here, really, but we have been talking about needing a bigger sanctuary since I started at Foothills 11 years ago, and that conversation had been going on long before I … Continue reading →

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What Punishments of God Are Not Gifts? Job and the Hope of a Mysterious God

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

For a long time, Job agrees with Stephen Colbert.  You know, Job. The one whose life was the epitome of #blessed. That is, until he lost everything.  His money. His land.  All ten of his children. Even his own health. By … Continue reading →

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God is Trans (2023)

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Jesus At The Gay Bar by Jay Hulme Before images of God, I had white Jesus. Hung in a picture frame in my childhood home. You can see his perfectly groomed beard and goatee, his long brown hair with soft … Continue reading →

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More Than Enough

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: The Church Where Everything Goes Wrong by Elea Kemler Sermon: More than Enough Like a lot of teenagers, my daughter really does not love getting up in the morning.  Instead she loves her cozy bed, and the sweet dark of … Continue reading →

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Abide With Me

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

What is the thread that connects us as a people, the unique comfort and calling of our community pressing upon each of us willing to tend to it, to be tended by it?  What is the thread that connects your … Continue reading →

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God With Us – Christmas 2020

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

It never fails that Christmas comes when I’m not quite ready. It’s a particularly problematic given my profession, but I know I’m not alone.  It’s always such a shock after Thanksgiving, here comes December, and the rush of balancing it … Continue reading →

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God is Trans – Sermon July 15 2018

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

First Reading – From William Ellery Channing’s Likeness to God Second Reading – God Says Yes to Me by Kaylin Haught  Sermon – God is Trans  A couple of weeks ago, I got into a fight with a stranger on … Continue reading →

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A/Part: God as Presence, Partner, and Process

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Last Sunday, Sean ended his sermon on Humanist Becoming by reminding us of this picture. It is the image that Carl Sagan describes as the pale blue dot of earth. “Look at that dot.” He says. “That’s here. That’s home. … Continue reading →

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When God Had a Body

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Text: The Education of God – The Incarnation by David Bumbaugh Sermon “When God Had a Body,” December 11, 2016 New Testament scholar and sometimes-skeptic Bart Ehrman tells the story of one special person who lived about 2000 years ago. … Continue reading →

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Thin Places

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading for this service, “Thin Places” by John Crossley Morgan Sermon preached August 14, 2016 You can find the audio of this sermon here. The story of my “thin place” is not a tale of a trip to a Celtic abbey, … Continue reading →

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