Words from the Chapel
Preached by the Brothers, offered here
to everyone who wishes to receive them.
Each week the Brothers preach in our Chapel. These sermons are rooted in the lectionary – in the Sunday scriptures, the feasts of the church, and the seasons of the year – and they are prepared as an act of service. The Brothers sit with a text, praying with it, and try to say something true about it that might be useful to those who hear it. We share them here in the hope that they travel as far as they need to.
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Sermons are listed in reverse chronological order.
Something Is More Than Nothing
Br. Keith Nelson · August 2, 2026
Five loaves and two fish are not, in fact, nothing. They are very little — but they are something. Br. Keith Nelson reflects on the feeding of the five thousand as an invitation to offer God whatever we have, even when it seems inadequate, trusting that small offerings can become more than enough.
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Jesus and the Story of Everything
Br. Keith Nelson · September 1, 2026
Recovering a living relationship with Christ as Creator — and its full implications for the creation we share — is the great task of the Western Church in our time. Br. Keith Nelson invites Christians to see the natural world and every creature as a place of Christ’s presence.
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Great Lengths
Br. Luke Ditewig · August 29, 2026
Speak the truth. Be witnessed. Bear witness. Go to great lengths to heal. Br. Luke Ditewig invites us to recognize one another’s pain and vulnerability, trusting that God goes to the greatest lengths to heal, redeem, and restore.
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A Man Without Guile
Br. James Koester · August 25, 2026
On the feast of Saint Bartholomew, Br. James Koester reflects on Nathanael’s identity as a person “without guile” and on the calling of all Christians to be sent by Jesus — tenderly, as a parent speaks to a child.
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