Scripture: Jeremiah 8:18-9:1The prophet Jeremiah weeps over the desolation of his land and of his people. How can we learn the prophetic role of lament, and even despair, in making room for restoration and new life? As we face a rapidly changing climate and changing ecosystem, how do we face our own grief at what … Read more
Scripture: Luke 15:1-10Jesus tells two parables about things getting lost, and maybe invites us to consider why we put a moral lens on that, and not a communal one. As we seek right relationship with the earth, and face up to the ways in which our living on and use of the earth has had … Read more
Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:15-20As we begin a journey through The Season of Creation, we hear Moses invite the people of Israel to “Choose life,” joining in covenant with God, and perhaps with the land which they are to inhabit. How shall we choose life for ourselves but for our world as well? What covenant are we … Read more
Scripture: Luke 14:1, 7-14Jesus attends a dinner and notices the temptation to seek places of honor and power close to the head of the table. How might we, even as the church, have been a part of the same sorts of temptations? How can we be a church that gives up our seat at the … Read more
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?