My Sermons and Writings

Published Works:

Chaordination : Discovering God's World of Order, Chaos and New Order by D. Wesley (Hain) Romberger

Andover Newton Theological School thesis (2006)

Life is full of births, deaths and rebirths. It is full of creations, floods and rainbows. It is full of Egypts, wildernesses, and Promised Lands. It is full of incarnations, crucifixions, and resurrections. It is full of periods of orientation, disorientation, and reorientation. It is full of order, chaos, and new order. Thats what life thats what the Christian life is all about! We are all in relation with a Timeless God who interacts with us as God our Rock a source of order and God our River a source of chaos. This is the cycle of life and our faith: order, chaos, new order. Life, and the Christian way, are chaordic! - more

Drop the Labels! : The New Generation's Plea by D. Wesley Hain (.pdf file)

e Word (United Church of Christ, Evangelism Team)

Volume 3.2 (2004)

Some refer to them in generational terms—such as Generation X or Millenials. Others follow the popular phrase of “young adults” and restrict their usage there. Whether it’s bulletins in our church pews, the posters hanging on the bulletin boards, or even the resolutions on the General Synod floor, our dominant language encourages us to choose labels to describe the younger folks in our midsts. But are these labels assisting us in our ministries with/to/by/for people in these age ranges? Or is our ever increasing postmodern society—and church—bringing us to new understandings? - more

Organizing a GLBT Week at a Christian Seminary : A Bisexual's Journey by D. Wesley Hain

Journal of Bisexuality (2002)

Volume: 2 Issue: 4
Page Range: 142 - 147

The author, a young bisexual Christian seminarian, journals his experiences during the planning of a queer awareness week at Lancaster Theological Seminary. Various challenges and barriers are mentioned and calls for action are presented to the Church and bisexual community at large.
Keywords: Churches and faith groups, queer activism, personal story, bisexuality in today's Christian churches

Sermons:

Who Is Your Jesus? (Mark 11:1-11 and John 12:12-16) VIDEO (.rm)

The Transfiguration Bridge (2 Kings 2:1-12, 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, and Mark 9:2-9) WORD (.doc)

Forgiveness (Genesis 50:15-21 and Romans 14:1-12) WORD (.doc)