Our Sermons
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...
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...
