The three cycles of sermons included here provide a spiritual geography, an announcement of the gospel set in New York State. The sermons were given life in the vibrant life of Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester, New York, over several years beginning in 2000. The collection is meant to exemplify a thematic form of preaching that addresses and creates a collective consciousness in the life a community. One series is set on A Village Green. Another invites those along the Finger Lakes to travel Once More to the Lake. The third traverses the major cities of the state, and their capacity to become An Empire of the Spirit. The sermons here try to unfold an interpretation of Scripture by engaging local settings to produce a geography of the Spirit.
