Speaking

Upcoming Events

You can find my official “Good Soil” book-tour stops at byjeffchu.com/tour. If you’d like to invite me to speak or to preach, please email Annalise at booking@makebelievefarmer.com. If you’re interested in hosting a “Good Soil”-related event, please fill out this form and a member of the team will be in touch soon. If you belong to a book club and would like to have Jeff join a meeting via Zoom, please email makebelievefarmer@gmail.com.

April 27, 2025, 10 a.m. ET - Sunday worship (in-person and online) - First United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids, Mich.

May 4, 2025, 10 a.m. ET - Sunday worship (in-person and online) - Rock Spring Congregational Church, Arlington, Va.

May 18, 2025, 10 a.m. ET - Sunday worship (in-person and online) - Crosspointe Church, Cary, N.C.

June 1, 2025 - Sunday worship, 8:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. CT (in-person; online also available at 10:45 a.m.) - Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minn.

June 22, 2025 - Sunday worship, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. ET - First Presbyterian Church (in-person; online also available at 11 a.m.), Philadelphia, Pa.

July 14-16, 2025 - Travel+Leisure World’s Best Summit, New York City

August 10, 2025 - Sunday worship, 10 a.m. - First Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, Calif.

September 12-14, 2025 - Details to come - First Presbyterian Church, Lincoln, Neb.

September 21, 2025, 11 a.m. ET - Sunday worship (in-person and online) - First Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.

September 25, 2025, 7 p.m. ET - Farminary 10th Anniversary Celebration - The Farminary, Princeton, N.J.

October 5, 2025, 10:30 a.m. CT - Sunday worship (in-person and online) - Zumbro Lutheran Church, Rochester, Minn.

October 26, 2025, 11 a.m. ET - Sunday worship (in-person, online, and on WHTC radio) - Hope Church, Holland, Mich.

 

Sermons

So Much Love to Give

Calvary Episcopal Church, Memphis, April 3, 2025

Matthew 5:43-48

What Kind of Lord?

St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Houston, September 8, 2024

Psalm 25; Mark 7:24-37

Martha, Martha, Martha

Crosspointe Church, Cary, N.C., May 7, 2023

John 11

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

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

Growing Season

Reformed Church of Bronxville, Bronxville, N.Y., April 8, 2018

Hebrews 6:1-11

Podcasts

Good Soil

Everything Happens, with Kate Bowler, April 2025

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