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Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13A young shepherd is called to be a King… and so we still look to one who we call a “Good Shepherd” to lead us. But what is it about these workers in the flock? Is leadership just directing the path? Or could it be that leading also contains listening to the … Read more

Scripture: John 4:5-42Jesus meets a Samaritan Woman at a well, and notices the weight that her story—or rather, the story others have told of her—has weighed her down. In seeing her, naming her, and offering her his presence and blessing, he calls a powerful new preacher into the world. What stories must we set down … Read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17A wise one called Nicodemus comes looking for Jesus, but perhaps uncertain if he can leave his position and power behind. How are we being invited to be “born again” continually, releasing what has been to move more and more lovingly into what may be in God?

Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7, Matthew 4:1-11What really happened in the Garden? Did humanity start with a story of disobedience, or maybe distrust? Did we leave a paradise with us at the center, or a web of mutuality and connection? As we begin Lent, Jesus resists the temptation to center self, and reconnects us to the … Read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21We begin the season of Lent by remembering how fragile life is. Jesus reminds us that if we live for ourselves, all we build is just as fragile, but if we live for God’s love and others… that love makes something that can last.