Recent Blog Posts

12/24/2018 – Christmas Eve 2018 – The Inn Keeper Luke 2:7. A closer look at the one who is remembered for saying, "There is no room for you here at the inn."

12/23/2018 – The Star – Part Three – The Star of Kokhba Matthew 2:1-2; 22:15-22; 20:25-28; Luke 19:41-44. In the Jewish story, there were many "stars" who claimed to be the Messiah. But there is only one story that still commands our attention 2000 years...

12/16/2018 – The Star – Part 2 – Julius' Star Luke 2:1-21. Luke’s Christmas story is one that proclaims good news, a savior, and the arrival of peace. Caesar Augustus had already been making the same proclamations for fifty years about himself ... which makes the...

12/2/2018 – The Star – Part 1 – A Star Arises from Jacob Matthew 2:1-12. Matthew's Gospel tells us that a star rose in the East at the birth of Jesus. In our world, this is often viewed as a quaint miracle, but what did it mean in a world in which every king believed...

11/25/2018 – Thankful – Part 2 – The Father Luke 15:11-32. In this Thanksgiving week filled with the joy and messiness of family and friends, we reflect on the messy and beautiful love of the father in the story of the Prodigal Son.

11/18/2018 – Thankful – Part 1 – The Order of Good Cheer Philippians 1:1-11. Paul writes to the church at Philippi with such joy and thankfulness. On this Sunday, we gathered and shared some stories of thankfulness for our little church from within our faith...

11/11/2018 – You Have Heard it Said – Part 6 – Love Your Neighbor and Hate Your Enemy Matthew 5:43-48. Sometimes we prefer what ‘we say God says’ over what God may actually be saying. This is true of the sixth and final time Jesus uses the phrase, “You have heard it...

11/4/2018 – You Have Heard it Said – Part 5 – To Turn the Other Cheek Matthew 5:38-42. To “turn the other cheek” is more than a nod to pacifism. It offers a third-way of being in the world.