Scripture: Luke 13:1-9, Isaiah 55: 1-9 Jesus confronts that old tendency to blame victims of tragedy for their misfortune, and shows us that we are all equally vulnerable. On the cross, Jesus shows us the end of all this chain of scarcity, and calls to us repent from that “logic” of suffering to the wonder … Read more
Scripture: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18, Philippians 3:17-4:1Promises liberate us to collaborate and explore new frontiers. The covenant promise between God and Abram creates a bond that will carry blessing to a strange new land, and throughout generations. But promises also ask us for us to live into trust, and so the new covenant affirmed in Jesus’s … Read more
Scripture: Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13This Lent, we explore the many meanings and tensions of the cross. Tested in the wilderness, Jesus confronts not just the devil, but our own tendency to seek and wield power over… In freely giving these things away, we find the true power of God.
Scripture: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10We begin the season of Lent with the reminder of all that is broken… in our world, in our lives. We know the fragility of human life, but trust that God can hold all the dust and debris we bring… and, in fact, can use that dust to create … Read more
Scripture: Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)On a special day for our congergation, we hear about a high holy day high on a mountaintop for Jesus and his disciples. Like the disciples, we may be tempted to linger in the glow, but Jesus calls us down the mountain and into the fullness of human life, and to bring … Read more