Our Sermons
Pride Shabbat!
This guest sermon was delivered by the Richards-Kutcher family at our Pride Shabbat service on June 26th, 2026. You can listen to this drash on Contact Chai Podcast. **** MATT: Shabbat Shalom. We are the Richards-Kutchers – I’m Matt, this is Becca, and these are our...
On Juneteenth And Bold Moses
This sermon was delivered at our service on June 20th, 2026. You can listen to this drash on Contact Chai Podcast or watch it on our YouTube channel. **** A good story sticks around. It speaks to a person across their lifetime, and to many people across generations....
Progress Is Not Inevitable — It Is Promised
This drash was delivered at our service on June 12th, 2026. You can listen to this sermon on Contact Chai Podcast or watch it on YouTube. **** My generation was raised on the idea that progress was inevitable. Yes, there was still work to be done around racial...
We Are Here — The Roman Empire Is Not
This sermon was delivered at our service on June 6th, 2026. You can listen to this drash on Contact Chai Podcast or watch it on YouTube. **** I want to begin at the beginning of this week’s reading, which Esther read to us this morning, B’ha’alotkha et haNerot, mul...
The Poetry Of Torah — Shavuot Shabbat
This sermon was delivered at our 2026 Shavuot Shabbat service. You can watch it on YouTube or listen on Contact Chai Podcast. **** We know the Torah, which we received today at Sinai, begins: Bereishit bara Elohim et hashamayim v’et haarets. "When God was beginning...
The Obligation to Heal
This sermon was delivered at our April 18th service. You can listen to this drash on Contact Chai Podcast or watch it on our YouTube channel. **** Rabbi Brad Artson (a wonderful scholar that both R’Lizzi and I count among our teachers) describes Judaism as a...