Speaking
Upcoming Events
If you’d like to invite me to speak or to preach, please email Annalise at booking@makebelievefarmer.com.
April 21-22, 2024 - Renew 2024 - St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Eden Prairie, Minn.
May 2, 2024, 7 p.m. ET - Still Processing, Holland, Mich.
May 5, 2024, 10 a.m. ET - Sunday worship (in-person and online) - Crosspointe Church, Cary, N.C.
May 26, 2024, 10 a.m. PT - Sunday worship (online) - First Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, Calif.
June 1-2, 2024 - ELCA Nebraska Synod Assembly, Kearney, Neb.
June 9, 2024, 9:30 a.m. ET - Sunday worship (in-person and online) - Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Mich.
June 30, 2024, 10 a.m. ET - Sunday worship (in-person and online) - Westminster Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids, Mich.
September 15, 2024, 6 p.m. ET - River Road Church, Richmond, Va.
September 22, 2024 - First Presbyterian Church, Annapolis, Md.
Sermons
Witnesses
First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., May 21, 2023
Acts 1:6-11; Luke 24:46-53
A Song of Blessing
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (Atlanta) Parish Retreat, Kanuga, N.C., November 18, 2022
Christ the King Sunday: Zechariah’s Song
Martha, Martha, Martha
Crosspointe Church, Cary, N.C., May 7, 2023
John 11
Seeding Hope
United Church of Canada, Chinook Winds Regional Meeting, May 9, 2021
The Parable of the Sower
Nothing But Love
Guelich Lectures, Meetinghouse Church, Edina, Minn., April 21, 2023
Isaiah 40; Romans 8:31-39
Lift Up Your Eyes
Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, N.J., March 21, 2020
Psalm 121, John 12:20-33
What Do You Mean When You Say, “Hosanna”?
Central Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Mich., Palm Sunday 2020
Psalm 118:19-29, Matthew 21:1-17
Invited to Anger, Invited to Hope
The American Church in Paris, Paris, France, November 19, 2019
Job 19:1-27, II Thessalonians 2:13-17
Podcasts
Full Circle Faith
Everything Happens, with Kate Bowler, October 2022
The Theology of Compost
The Evolving Faith Podcast, July 2020
Grief as a Biblical Practice
The Bible for Normal People, with Pete Enns and Jared Byas, June 2020
Rest and Restoration
The Way of Love, with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, May 2020
Actually Believing “God Loves You” Changes Everything
For the Love, with Jen Hatmaker, Spring 2019
Living in an Age of Profound Anxiety: The Enneagram 6
The Road Back to You, with Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile, November 2016
Interviews and Discussions
On Being, with Krista Tippett
Jeff talks with Krista about Wholehearted Faith and his friendship with Rachel Held Evans in an episode entitled “A Life of Holy Curiosity,” December 2021
Reading from/Discussion of “Does Jesus Really Love Me?”
National Book Festival, September 2013
Does Jesus Really Love Me?
Interview with Ben Kieffer, “River to River,” Iowa Public Radio, June 4, 2013