foreside Scripture: Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13This Lent, we explore the many meanings and tensions of the cross. Tested in the wilderness, Jesus confronts not just the devil, but our own tendency to seek and wield power over… In freely giving these things away, we find the true power of God.
Scripture: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10We begin the season of Lent with the reminder of all that is broken… in our world, in our lives. We know the fragility of human life, but trust that God can hold all the dust and debris we bring… and, in fact, can use that dust to create … Read more
Scripture: Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)On a special day for our congergation, we hear about a high holy day high on a mountaintop for Jesus and his disciples. Like the disciples, we may be tempted to linger in the glow, but Jesus calls us down the mountain and into the fullness of human life, and to bring … Read more
Scriptures: Genesis 45:3-11, 15, 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 Joseph and the Apostle Paul tell stories of grace and forgiveness, and how they may lead us into resurrection life. These stories are not simply important for us as individuals who may harm or be harmed by one another, but in telling God’s greater cosmic story of … Read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13The Rev. Cheryl Anderson joins us, and invites us to join with the church of Corinth in the important practices of attention and love which can draw us deeper into relationship with God, even with those with whom we disagree the most.