Geoff Parker Scripture: Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 In a season in which we are closer to home, and perhaps digging in the dirt little more, Jesus’s “Parable of the Sower” invites us to reflect on the extravagance of love that God plants in the world, and how we might nurture our own spiritual soil to receive those … Read more
Scriptures: Psalm 145:8-14, Romans 7:15-25 The Apostle Paul writes of the bind of human life: where we so often do the very things that contradict our deepest commitments and values. How are we called, as Christians living in nations, to bear witness and move in hope among the contradictions inherit in our nation’s values and … Read more
Scriptures: Psalm 89:1-4,15-18 and Matthew 10:40-42 Jesus invites us into a ministry of welcome… but before he does, he invites us to reflect on what that will cost us. If we are to be a part of God’s liberation for all people, how must our welcome center the “guest” and not the “host”?
Scripture: Psalm 133 Pastor Amelia reminds of the sustaining gifts of the church, gathering ourselves into pools of living water to sustain one another even in dry and disorienting times.
Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15 Our ancestors in faith, Sarah and Abraham have waited so long for signs of new life that when they hear they will have a child, Sarah laughs… can we share in her laughter, overcoming our own complacency to be a part of new life—and maybe new justice—God is creating within us?