As Jesus was transfigured before his disciples, the church (yesterday, today, and tomorrow) is transformed, transfigured by God’s grace, being made new in Christ Jesus.
Read MoreGo into the world, enjoying your “belovedness” so much that it causes people to stop, stare, and wonder what is happening.
Read MoreWherever we are headed this year, in the seasons that lay ahead of us, we are held in the hands of God, and by God’s grace, it will be well.
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Read MoreNo matter how much we try to avoid the broken and messiness of the world and our lives, the birth of Joseph’s boy tells creation that we are not separated from God.
Read MoreWith three words, “Let it be,” Mary reveals to the world that the way things are is not how things will be when the will of God is followed when the Kingdom of God is fully realized.
Read MoreThis parable is not about finances or management. It is a parable about new life.
Read MoreIgnoring this tension ignores that tension reveals even more to us about God than we imagine.
Read MoreAmos was clear – you cannot compartmentalize your life.
Read MoreGod takes the most fragmented parts of our modern “post-Babel” lives and makes them whole.
Read MoreToday and in the days ahead, we will pray for the moral courage to demand action so that we do not have to write this letter ever again.
If you are scratching your head thinking this story sounds familiar, that is because it is.
Read MoreThe witness we bear to the world is to the One who does not see our comfort in constancy as a hurdle to the wideness of God’s mercy.
Read MoreThe story in Acts you've probably never heard.
Read MoreWe stand today as witnesses to the awesome work of God along the Damascus Road.
Read MoreThe cause of Jesus’ lament, our sin, does not hold the final word. Jesus has invited us to stop the puppet show and to step into his grace under his wing of love, protection, and transformation.
Read MoreThe Gospel good news is that there are no ifs. There are no buts. No fine print.
Read MoreThough we are shaped by social, cultural, and economic pressures that tell us we must ascend, if we listen, if we set aside our own noise, we hear words of grace.
Read MoreThe rumors, according to Paul, are false. Christ is risen, and so shall we.
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