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Listening for the Voice of the Shepherd
Some years ago, I was asked to help clerk a couple of meetings for discernment for a small Friends Meeting that was struggling. The meeting

Brian Young
May 7, 2022


The Negative Space of the Tomb
Today is the day we celebrate resurrection. Today we remember that Jesus, who willingly went to his death on the cross, and was laid in the

Brian Young
Apr 16, 2022


The Things That Make for Peace
Today we’ve heard Luke's account of what is often called, “The Triumphal Entry,” the story of Jesus' coming into Jerusalem prior to the time

Brian Young
Apr 9, 2022


Faithfulness in Community
Today we’re beginning where we left off last Sunday, in the second chapter of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. If you were with us then,

Brian Young
Mar 19, 2022


The Faith and The Faithfulness of Christ
When I was a child we lived in Chicago for a few years, on the city’s south side, and one of the many treasures of our neighborhood was the

Brian Young
Mar 13, 2022


The Fulcrum of Faithfulness
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 27th of Second Month, 2022 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Luke 22:39-42,45-46 39...

Brian Young
Feb 27, 2022


No Shadow of Turning
Most of you probably know from personal experience what it is to turn your ankle, yes? Most of us know that sick feeling when you put your

Brian Young
Feb 13, 2022


From a Tight Place
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 23rd of First Month, 2022 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture:1 Corinthians 12:12–27,...

Brian Young
Jan 23, 2022


Competing Agendas
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 26th of Twelfth Month, 2021 Scripture: Luke 2:1–14, NRSV 1 In those days a decree...

Brian Young
Dec 26, 2021


Renewed & Gathered in Love
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 12th of Twelfth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Zephaniah 3:14-20,...

Brian Young
Dec 12, 2021


Pointing Upwards, Pointing Downwards
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 28th of Eleventh Month, 2021 (Advent I) Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Luke 3:1-6,...

Brian Young
Nov 28, 2021


Discipleship Is... A Call to Die
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting,14th of Eleventh Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Luke 9:23–27, NRSV 23...

Brian Young
Nov 14, 2021


Discipleship Is . . . A Call to be Pruned So We May Bear Fruit
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 10th of Tenth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: John 15:1-11 (NRSV) “I am...

Brian Young
Oct 9, 2021


Discipleship Is a Call to Servanthood
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 19th of Ninth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Mark 9:30–37, NRSV 30...

Brian Young
Sep 19, 2021


Faith and Works, or: A Burrito, A Park Bench, and the Royal Law
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 5th of Ninth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: James 2:1–9, 14–17, NRSV 1...

Brian Young
Sep 5, 2021


Suspended Between Heaven & Earth
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 8th of Eighth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: II Samuel 18:5-10,...

Brian Young
Aug 8, 2021


A Moment of Honest Ugliness
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, First of Eighth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: II Samuel 11:26-12:15a...

Brian Young
Aug 1, 2021


Things Taken
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 25th of Seventh Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: II Samuel 11:1-15,...

Brian Young
Jul 25, 2021


An Anointing that Abides
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 11th of Seventh Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: I Samuel 15:34–16:13,...

Brian Young
Jul 11, 2021


Re-membering . . .
Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting, 30th of Fifth Month, 2021 Speaker: Brian Young Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3, NRSV...

Brian Young
Jun 3, 2021
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