March 31, 2019
On this fourth Sunday in Lent, we hear the parable of the Prodigal Son. Jesus’ story looks like a cross between a sit-com about a dysfunctional family, and an episode of The Price is Right. Jesus does mean for us to grasp…
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March 24, 2019
On this third Sunday in Lent, we see enthusiasts for God come rushing to Jesus trying to make sense of a mass murder motivated by religious prejudice. “See,” they say, “how God uses evil-doers to punish sinners.”
Jesus…
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March 17, 2019
Our Early Learning ministry teachers need NEWSPAPERS for an art project. Please bring in all you can THIS SUNDAY!
If you’re still searching for a way to let Lent go through you and create a space where you can come face-to-face…
March 10, 2019
These forty days called Lent are like no other. It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues; to receive the gifts of God’s grace; to believe with the heart and confess with the mouth the wonder of God’s love…
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March 6, 2019
Someone asked me if Lutherans “give up something for Lent.” I answered, “Well, it depends on whether or not you want to become involved with what new thing God gives you in its place.”
If Lent is a time to give up anything,…
March 3, 2019
This is Transfiguration Sunday – when Jesus and three of his apostles, Peter, James, John, go to a mountain to pray. On the mountain, Jesus begins to shine with bright rays of light. Suddenly, the prophets Moses and Elijah…
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February 24, 2019
On this seventh and last Sunday of the Epiphany season we hear Jesus speak what we’ve come to call the “Golden Rule.” Given its place within Jesus’ sermon on the level plain, we ought not to hear it the way we hear…
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February 17, 2019
On this sixth Sunday after Epiphany, we hear Luke’s version of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. This differs, in many ways, from Matthew’s account. First, it’s a Sermon on the Plain. Second, it’s addressed, primarily,…
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February 10, 2019
On this fifth Sunday after Epiphany, we see Jesus’ teaching of God’s word has begun to draw great crowds. For Simon, James, and John, Jesus’ teaching inspires hospitality, then obedience, and then risk. After Jesus’…
Ash Wednesday
For All the Far Off
Good Fruits Require Good Roots
God’s Gifts – Identity & Faith
Lent’s Ways Are Cross-Ways
We’re Counter-Cultural
Jesus Filled Big Shoes – So Can We
Now This is Golden
Blessed and Ready to Go
GONE FISHING!