We can do the things Christ called his Church to do - feed the hungry, heal the sick, care for the least, search out the lost, proclaim God’s reign - and at the same time disagree without threatening further division and fracturing of Christ’s body.
Read MoreGod promises to meet us, changing our lives. We may not be knocked off a horse and blinded like Paul was but Christ will meet us. The faithfulness of Jesus Christ is an invitation to set aside the gains of this life, leaving behind the old markers of confidence and swagger, and now lean into the amazing grace of God in Jesus Christ.
Read MoreDoes God so detest sin, and those who commit sin, that God is willing to turn a divine blind-eye on creation or worse, send the plagues again to East Africa while raising the temperatures in Siberia to 100+ degrees, or send a catastrophic worldwide pandemic?
Read MoreIn Jesus Christ, in the power of his resurrection, and by the power of the Spirit of God we have been made free, no longer condemned, no longer guilty, and now invited, all of us, to live according to God’s Grace.
Read MoreIn turning others away we are able to ignore, we think, who God has called not just into our lives but into the body of the One whom God sent.
Read MoreThe power of Christ’s Resurrection ensures that we are all, all of creation is held together, we are grounded in His Grace through the love of our Creator and the power of God’s Spirit.
Read MoreBefore Moses, way back when the Word was God and the Word was with God, God has been present, and God is present with us now. God is reigning now.
Read MoreLazarus carried a disease more widespread than any pandemic the world has ever faced - Death.
Read MoreJesus did not tell his disciples, called away from their nets and their families to be born again. This word association conundrum is Nicodemus’ problem. Can’t we just end the sermon now and head home?
Read MoreThis is just the beginning of revealing the fullness of God, in Christ, to us.
Read More“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.” - Fred Rogers
Read MoreSitting at a common table in a coffee shop or while having Spud trim up your neckline with a straight razor, it is hard to walk away the moment a conversation turns a direction we don’t want it to or worse a direction we don’t want to consider having any validity over our own strongly held convictions.
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Every time we hear Jesus’ invitation to his table and we share bread and wine, taking seriously his invitation to all people - the poor and the rich, the meek and the powerful, the hungry and those with plenty - we are experiencing the grace and promise of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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A liturgy of grace, the work of God’s love we participate in does not remove us from the weekday and weekend liturgy of the neighborhood. Our work continues.
Read MoreIn your baptism, you were raised to new life in Christ. You received the pardon, not because of anything you did or because the correct prayer and words were spoken.
Read MoreThe birth of Christ was and continues to be Good News for all people.
Read MoreGod’s revelation, God’s dreams rearrange our lives, disrupting the trajectory of what we have set for ourselves, just as an intruder in the middle of the night has the ability to suddenly, without warning rearrange the layout of a home.
Read MoreWe begin a new year within the church waiting, not for an infant but rather we are waiting for Christ’s return.
Read MoreAway from home, separated from family and friends, the loss of what was known - the song practically writes itself.
Read MoreTell the oppressed to be grateful for their oppressor or the abused to be grateful for the abuser and let me know how that works out.
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