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04/13/2025 - Seven Last Words: Part Six - It Is Finished Jesus’s last words on the cross in the gospel of John are, “It is finished.” In Greek, this is just a single word: tetelestai. What can this word, along with a tree in New York City, teach us about the Gospel?...

04/06/2025 - Seven Last Words: Part Five - I Thirst Jesus' words from the cross, "I thirst," fulfill a vengeful Psalm of David in an unexpected way, bringing humanity's storyline of violence and retaliation to an end. Through the cross, Christ forges a new path — one...

03/30/2025 - Seven Last Words: Part Four - Here is your son, Here is your mother Today, our saying from the cross is, "Here is your mother, here is your son." This saying can feel out of place among the other quotes from the psalms, symbolic statements, and deeply...

03/23/2025 - Seven Last Words: Part Three - Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit At the moment of greatest agony on the cross, Jesus instinctively turned to the ancient prayers of his faith tradition, revealing how deeply those words had shaped his heart. His example...

03/16/2025 - Seven Last Words: Part Two - Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise This Sunday we discuss Jesus’s words to the “criminal” being crucified next to him. This interaction has many historical, spiritual, and theological resonances. But perhaps the thing we...

03/09/2025 - Seven Last Words: Part One - Father Forgive Them "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." These words from Jesus on the cross invite us into a deeper understanding of both the grace and challenge embedded in authentic forgiveness. Our...

03/02/2025 - Annual Meeting 2025 On Sunday, March 2nd, our worship service ended with our Annual Meeting where we celebrated our church's accomplishments, shared our vision for the future, and discussed how we're stewarding our resources to further God's work in our...

03/02/2025 - The Lord's Prayer - Part Nine: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Forever This Sunday, we conclude our series on the Lord‘s prayer with the doxology. What does this section about the kingdom, the power, and the glory, which appears in some versions of...

02/23/2025 - The Lord's Prayer - Part Eight: Deliver Us From Evil From movie villains to social media algorithms, evil takes many forms. In this exploration of the Lord’s Prayer’s plea for deliverance from evil, we examine how Jesus’ wilderness temptations reveal...

02/16/2025 - The Lord's Prayer - Part Seven: Lead Us Not Into Temptation This Sunday, we arrive at the line of the Lord's Prayer: 'Lead us not into temptation.' However, 'temptation' can also be translated as 'testing.' How does this translation change the way we look...