Presented in both English and Japanese, the following are the reflections offered at the joint Christmas Eve service for Unfinished...

Sermon delivered remotely by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, NJ, on October 30,...

Sermon delivered by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen remotely at Yokohama Union Church on July 17th, 2022 There is a feeling, one that we’re all...

Sermon delivered on May 29th, at Unfinished Community in Ashiya, Japan It’s funny, really, where our blind spots tend to be when it comes...

This sermon was preached at Unfinished Community on Easter Sunday. Rather than the usual discussion questions, it ended in a group...

This sermon was delivered at Unfinished Community on April 3, 2022 - the second-to-last Sunday in the Advent season. So I think we can...

Scripture: Mark 3:19b-35 Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it,...

Scripture: Romans 8:22-27 (text below, as part of the sermon) _________________________________________________________________________...

Scripture: Matthew 18:12-14 What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the...

Scripture: Luke 24:36b-48 While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They...

Scripture: John 19:40 - 20:18 They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom...

Mark11:1-11 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his...

Expectations can be difficult things. For example, when you came to today’s sermon podcast today you probably had certain expectations;...

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:23-25 He went up from there to Bethel; and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city...

Scripture: John 2:13-25 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle,...

Scripture: Mark 1:9-13 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was...

Today is Transfiguration Sunday. If you’re not familiar with the church calendar, and all it’s myriad holidays and such, don’t worry;...

Some time ago, when I was teaching high school, I had a student who was really, really sarcastic. And not only was she a sarcastic,...

I don’t know about you, but for the last four years it has felt almost…easy…to speak of doing God’s work of justice as a Christian in the...