Pentecost – New Language

Scriptures: Acts 2:1-21, Genesis 11:1-9 As we celebrate the new languages of the Spirit we learn from all our generations at the end of the church school year, we listen to two very different stories about language… about our desire for same-ness that can threaten to wall us in, and God’s multiplicity of language that can … Read more

New One-ness

Scripture: John 17:20-26 Jesus prays for his disciples (and those who will come after them) to be one, so we ponder, in an age where “thoughts and prayers” can become code for easy well-wishes, what it means to pray… and what it means to be one. Download text here: 2019-06-02

New Freedom

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34 The Apostle Paul and Silas encounter a young woman caught in slavery, in profit others can gain from her… Their response is less than perfect, but the story that unfolds continues to teach them, and us, how love and liberation work together. Download 5/26/19 text here.