Memory, Exile, and the Making of Scripture January 11, 2026 David R. Collins Watch | Listen 
It feels like kind of a weird and awful week to start a multi year project about what the Bible is and isn’t. Which might actually mean it’s the perfect week, because if there’s one thing the Bible has never waited for, it’s a calm political moment, where everyone feels safe and optimistic. The Bible is a product of messy weeks, and years, and centuries. Periods when people were scar

Sermon from Sunday, January 4, 2026 Watch | Listen I have a love/hate relationship with starting a new year. I actually love the energy around the new year. You get to put away the decorations and the clutter and open up the house (because we live in Florida and it’s warm enough to open the windows). I enjoy the sort of introspection that happens with the change in the calendar year, the goal setting, the feeling of a fresh start to make changes in my life. I love it. But I

A Christmas Eve Sermon about Hope, Peace, and Unfinished Stories Rev. David Collins Luke 2:1-15 Watch | Listen Here we are, once again. Christmas Eve. The thing I love about this night is the familiarity: Luke 2, O Holy Night, singing Silent Night by candlelight. This one night connects to all the other nights I’ve done this same thing, ever since I was a child, when the urgency and anticipation of Christmas morning spilled over into this night before, making this memory mor