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Scripture: Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15, John 6:24-35Jesus offers living bread where God is cenetered in beloved community. How can we nurture this blessing and gift?.

Scriptures: Ephesians 3:14-21, John 6:1-15There is a lot that we can hunger for in our lives: food, safety, control. Jesus feeds people with God’s blessing and what he finds among them, yet they—and we—are convinced that the simplest answer is to make Jesus king. How do we instead understand his invitation to place God in … Read more

Scripture: John 12:20-33Jesus invites his followers to think of their lives as seeds… something that must crack open and die to grow into new life. We are all tempted to remain in one form, one place, one identity… How can we experience this invitation to growth as blessing and resurrection, not only for ourselves, but … Read more

Scriptures: Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-21 Jesus tells a retells a strange story from the book of Numbers to explain his idea of the cross. In this Lent, what does the cross mean to us… and how does that meaning shape our commitment to the one who came to “save the world, and not condemn it”?

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17The Ten Commandments have a long and storied history in our culture and imagination… but we often miss the law that lands in the center of them, and might transform our relationship with God, and with one another.