foreside Scripture: Isaiah 58:9b-14The prophet Isaiah invites us to look to the foundations of our spiritual practices: is it enough to personally keep the sabbath? Or should we strive to create a community in which all are seen as created in the image of God and worthy of rest?
Scripture: Luke 12:49-56The Rev. Kate Dalton joins us in worship and asks us, “How do we take the Bible seriously?” and, “What does it mean to be a Christian?” As we read a story of a Jesus who says that he has come to “bring division,” how do we engage, rather than avoid, the tensions … Read more
Scripture: Hebrews 1-3, 8-16What we now call the Letter to the Hebrews began as a sermon to a people setting off on a new way, reinterpreting scripture and story through a new lens of faith. So we hear of Abraham and Sarah leaving home for an uncertain future in God’s promise. It is a promise … Read more
Scripture: Luke 12:13-21What are we “invested” in? As Jesus tells a story about a man with a lot of stuff, but apparently no one to share it with, we might ask how we “store up” connection and community which yield life, rather than the hungers of isolation.
Scripture: Galatians 5:1, 13-25As we prepare for our annual traditions in which we use the word “freedom” an awful lot, what might that word mean for the people of the church? The Apostle Paul’s answer might invite us to move beyond the freedom “from,” or freedom “to,” but towards freedom “for” the flourishing and life … Read more