The Long Walk: Healing After Rupture

Scripture: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33, Ephesians 4:25-5:2The end of the story between King David and his son, Absalom, is one of tragedy after a history of violence and retribution which was never faced. Can we learn what they could not: to face righteous anger, hurt, and injustice so that there might be healing, rather … Read more

Power: Of Kings and Bread

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

Planted

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

No More Crosses: To See What Saved Us

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”?