The canonical Nathan Willard sermon repository. Below, find my public sermons, in reverse chronological order, with video and audio when available. Commentary and reflections on these sermons can be found on the main blog page. Where there is no sermon text, I have linked to the appropriate commentary post.
Shake It Off January 31, 2016 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
And Jesus Said, Get Her a Cheeseburger January 24, 2016 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Wherever They May Fall January 17, 2016 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Pick Up Your Bed and Walk January 10, 2016 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Now What December 27, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
In the Midst of Our Humanity December 24, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Return of the Jews December 13, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Empire Strikes Back December 6, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Stumped for Hope November 22, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Loving, For All Our Faults November 15, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Baaling on Our False Gods November 8, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Saints in Division November 1, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Anointing Stories October 25, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Only the Woman Was Left October 18, 2015
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Loving God and Loving Neighbor October 11, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
A Bush Burns in the Darkness October 4, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ
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Creative Stories September 13, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Works of Mercy September 6, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Be Like a Gazelle August 30, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Time for Some Insightful Instruction August 23, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Sing Praise August 16, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Problem With Being Anointed August 9, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Miraculous Joy July 26, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
At the Margins of God’s Presence July 12, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Building and Rebuilding July 5, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
A Peculiar Instigation June 21, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Leaders From the Sheepfold June 14, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
If I Can’t Dissuade You June 7, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
God’s Heirs May 31, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Serving Weeks of Fire May 24, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
So Your Lord Has Just Ascended May 17, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Systemic Salvation May 10, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Caring Within and Serving Beyond May 3, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Goats Beyond the Pen April 26, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Welcoming Ritual April 19, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Welcoming Thomas April 12, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Open Your Mouths April 5, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Hero-Goat Curve March 29, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Unlikely Heroes and Healers March 22, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Lift Up Your Snakes For All to See March 15, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Red Viper, Professional Wrestlers, and Us March 8, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Billboards for Shame March 1, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
A Wilderness of Our Own Creation February 22, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Clean Your Spirit February 15, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Finding Fertile Soil February 8, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Clean Your Spirit February 1, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The View From Outside the Fish January 25, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
All Baptists Together January 18, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Is There Truth in the Stars? January 11, 2015 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Now What? Now We Sing December 24, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Keeping Christmas Well December 24, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Bask In The Light December 21, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Still Here, In the Wilderness December 14, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Challenging Comfort December 7, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Kingdom and Keo Way November 23, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
When Deborah Was Judge November 16, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Love Is Not Passive November 9, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Joined In The Light November 02, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Love, Re-Formed October 26, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
What Does Your Backside Look Like? October 19, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
What Are We Supposed to Do? October 5, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Finding Ourselves in Human Form September 28, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Just Ask Brandon Marshall September 21, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Welcome, To the Weak in Faith September 15, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
September 7, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Great I Am August 31, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
What Was She Thinking? August 24, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Little Brother, All Grown Up August 17, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Wrestling With God and Ourselves August 10, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Biblical Marriage July 27, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
A Place to Lay His Head July 20, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Deserve’s Got Nothing to Do With It July 13, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Elsa, Anna, and Rebekah: How You Tell the Story July 6, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Mysterious Blessings of Community June 8, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
A Blaze of Glory June 8, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Who Will Protect Us Now June 1, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Greater Than Can Be Imagined May 25, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Stones For Christ May 18, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
What I Learned in Community May 11, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Two Disciples Converged In A Desert Road May 4, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Didymus Thomas April 27, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Running to the Resurrection April 20, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Children in Palms April 13, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Pain of Resurrection April 6, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Serious Temptation March 9, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Transfiguration and Transformation March 2, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
When Your Cheek is Sore February 23, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Weaned Children of God February 16, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Reflections from the Snow February 9, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
What Kind Love February 2, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Fishing in the Fields January 26, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Kings Shall Rise Up January 19, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Things Known and Things Unknown January 12, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Lighting Up the World January 5, 2014 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Christmas Presence December 29, 2013 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Christmas Message December 24, 2013 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Kingdoms of Love and Fear December 22, 2013 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Prophetic Imperfection December 15, 2013 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
The Polk County Wilderness December 8, 2013 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Come, Let us Walk in the Light of the Lord December 1, 2013 Ankeny United Church of Christ MP3
Why Are You Still Waiting? September 29, 2013 Congregational Church, UCC, in Iowa City MP3
What Are You Waiting For? (with Pete Knapp) September 29, 2013 Congregational Church, UCC, in Iowa City MP3
The Return of the Lost Sheep September 15, 2013 Ankeny UCC MP3
A Slave to Love September 8, 2013 Congregational UCC in Iowa City MP3
A Meal Fit for a King September 1, 2013 Congregational UCC in Iowa City MP3
Dreaming on the Sabbath August 25, 2013 Congregational UCC in Iowa City MP3
The Race in Front of Us August 18, 2013 Congregational UCC in Iowa City MP3
Light Your Lamps August 11, 2013 Congregational UCC in Iowa City
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Finding the Happy Ending August 4, 2013 Congregational UCC in Iowa City
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Different Prayers July 28, 2013 Congregational UCC in Iowa City
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Bothered and Bewildered in Bethany July 21, 2013 Congregational UCC in Iowa City
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Won’t You Be my Neighbor July 14, 2013 North Reading Union Congregational Church
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The Freedom to Act July 7, 2013 Congregational UCC in Iowa City
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We ARE Justified by Faith May 26, 2013, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) MP3
What Winning Looks Like April 14, 2013, Cullowhee Baptist Church MP3
When to Walk Away November 25, 2012, Cullowhee Baptist Church MP3
A Loved Child of God September 23, 2012, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) MP3
Here is the Steeple July 22, 2012, Congregational UCC in Iowa City
Hope for the Future June 10, 2012, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA)
You Had to Be There April 15, 2012 Cullowhee Baptist Church
Advent Every Day November 29, 2011, Cullowhee Baptist Church
Faith Like the Noontide Sun January 2, 2011, Congregational UCC in Iowa City Flash Video  iPhone
Get Scrooged December 26, 2010, Congregational UCC in Iowa City
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The Scourge of Denominationalism May 16, 2010, Second Congregational UCC of Beverly
Straight on Till Morn, March 7, 2010, Second Congregational UCC of Beverly
A New Light for a New Year, November 29, 2009, Second Congregational UCC of Beverly
I Doubt It April 15, 2009, Andover Chapel, Harvard Divinity Shool, Flash Video  iPhone
You are Not Dismissed December 28, 2008, Congregational UCC in Iowa CIty
Keeping Watch, August 10, 2008, North Prospect Union UCC
The Blessing of Thomas, April 3, 2005, North Prospect Union UCC
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