Ash Wednesday – What Is Not Crushed

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10Ash Wednesday invites us into Lent, not as a self-improvement plan, but as witness to how God draws near to us as we are… and how that grace still transforms us. We are dust, we say this night… but we are also God’s.

The Healing Given

Scripture: Mark 1:29-39Jesus brings healing home. Is this a troubling story in which God “cures” certain people, and not others? Or is this an invitation to think about the richness of healing, and how we can offer it to one another, and share it with the wider world?

The Authority in Healing

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28As Jesus teaches in a holy gathering, he is met by an unholy spirit which has bound up a man. How often are we caught up in debates about what or who belongs where… when the deeper and more pressing question is, “What is the healing that is required?” For individuals? For the … Read more

In Silence: Spoken Twice

Scripture: Psalm 62:5-12The Psalmist tells us of God’s promises heard twice: in words and in silence. How can we participate in God’s call to be present and to care for others when they are in those wordless and silent places of grief and change?

Who’s Calling?

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20God calls Samuel in the night, but Samuel is confused and assumes it is his teacher, Eli. How do we listen for God’s calling beyond our human leaders: when they are imperfect, or even when their beloved and inspiring memory tempts us to turn away from the call?