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Christmas Eve 2021 – Peace on Earth
12/24/2021 – Christmas Eve 2021 - Peace on Earth Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20. The power that can change the selfishness of human hearts is different from the power our world prefers deal in. And perhaps there is no season in the Christian...
Advent 2021 – Week Four – Music in a War Zone
12/19/2021 – Advent 2021 - Week Four - Music in a War Zone Micah 5:2-5a; Psalm 80:1-7; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55. What can two rappers and a cellist teach us about Advent? Our services are live-streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel...
Advent 2021 – Week Three – Promised Land: The Sequel
12/12/2021 – Advent 2021 - Week Three - Promised Land: The Sequel Zephaniah 3:14-20; Isaiah 12:2-6; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18. In ancient Judaism, only non-Jewish converts into Judaism were baptized, for the Jewish people already had their own collective baptism...
Advent 2021 – Week Two – Waiting
12/05/2021 – Advent 2021 - Week Two - Waiting Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 1:68-79; Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6. Advent is not a time of celebration. It is a time of waiting. Our lectionary texts today point to John the baptist. What can John teach us about how to live in a...
Advent 2021 – Week One – The Days are Surely Coming
11/28/2021 – Advent 2021 - Week One - The Days are Surely Coming Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36. When Jeremiah spoke words of hope and promise to the Jewish people, he was speaking from (and into) great despair and darkness....
Feasts – Part Three – Consumption vs Community
11/21/2021 – Feasts - Part Three - Consumption vs Community Luke 14:1-24. In Jesus' day, it wasn't uncommon for gatherings (e.g., feasts) to be used as opportunities to climb the social ladder — to take the seat of honor. Not surprisingly, Jesus turns this thinking on...
Feasts – Part Two – Food Fight
11/14/2021 – Feasts - Part Two - Food Fight 2 Kings 6:8-23. Every now and then in the earliest stories of scripture when Israel was still in early-stage faith, someone gets "ahead" of their time and demonstrates the deep wisdom-faith of Jesus. Elisha the Prophet does...
Feasts – Part One – Feasts Throughout Scripture
11/07/2021 – Feasts - Part One - Feasts Throughout Scripture Genesis 18:1-15; Revelation 19:6-9. Feasts are a surprisingly central part of Scripture and the story of God's Kingdom. How can feasting lead us deeper into the life of faith and speak prophetically to a...
Sin: The Series – Part Four – Forgiveness … the great ellipsis
10/24/2021 – Sin: The Series – Part Four – Forgiveness ... the Great Ellipsis Luke 15:11-32. Too often we grant sin and brokenness the power to be an ending. The power to declare that all hope of reconciliation and restoration is gone. Forgiveness changes all of this....
Sin: The Series – Part Three – Noah and the Flood
10/17/2021 – Sin: The Series – Part Three – Noah and the Flood Genesis 6-8. The climax of The story of sin in Genesis is the story of Noah and the flood. What can seeing the story of the flood in the context of other ancient flood stories teach us about sin and the...
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