Our Sermons
We Live Or Die Together — Kol Nidre 5787
This sermon was delivered at our 5787 Kol Nidre service. You can watch it on our YouTube channel or listen on Contact Chai Podcast. **** On the first Yom Kippur (which we’ll read about tomorrow), Aaron, the High Priest, offered a sacrifice to atone for his sins, then...
The Redemptive Promise of the Oscillating Narrative — Rosh Hashanah 5787
This sermon was delivered at our Rosh Hashanah 5787 service. You can watch it on our YouTube channel or listen on Contact Chai Podcast. **** “To be a Jew is to be part of two civilizations,” Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan wrote close to a century ago, as he tried to make...
My Prayer Didn’t Work — Erev Rosh Hashanah 5787
This sermon was delivered at our Erev Rosh Hashanah service on September 11th, 2026. You can watch this drash on our YouTube channel or listen on Contact Chai Podcast. **** It’s so nice to be here with you all. It’s crazy to think that it was eleven years ago on Rosh...
Building My Judaism
This sermon was delivered at our service on August 7th, 2026. You can listen to this drash on Contact Chai Podcast or watch on YouTube. **** My name is Manuel Gauto and I am a recent graduate of Mishkan’s Blueprint program. I am so honored to have the opportunity to...
The Spiritual Danger of Abundance
This sermon was delivered at our Saturday Morning Shabbat service on August 1st, 2026. You can listen on Contact Chai Podcast or watch on our YouTube channel. **** There's an apocryphal story about a Jewish man running late for an important job interview. He...
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...