Love Unbound: Wells and Waters

Scripture: John 4:5-26Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well. After so many years laboring to draw up what will sustain her life amid isolation and pain, can she, can we, believe that God has drawn near to share—and teach us to share—water of life that will nurture us all?

Love Unbound: Seeing the Spirit’s Flow

Scripture: John 3:1-17A man named Nicodemus visits Jesus at night, because he is changing his mind, and maybe he doesn’t want anyone to see him change. Jesus describes rebirth in the Spirit as a flow of air or water… how can we be faithful people accustomed to changing, adapting, and growing in faith?

Love Unbound: Starting at the Garden Gate

Scripture: Romans 5:12-19As we begin in Lent to retell the story of how Christ’s love reaches beyond those walls we have created between ourselves and God, we begin with Paul’s retelling of Genesis, through which the church has often viewed sin. How can we retell this ancient story of how “things fall apart” in a … Read more

Touched to Listen

Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9The story of Jesus’s transfiguration invites us to know that in Christ God has come not to glory in dazzling visions, but to touch us, our lives, and our pain.

The Choice

Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:15-20God presents the people of Israel with a choice: to walk in paths of life, or paths of death. Yet, many times we shrink back from choosing… why? How does God’s grace allow us to be brave and choose to walk towards life, even when we miss a step?