Recent Blog Posts

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.

10/28/2018 – You Have Heard it Said – Part 4 – Oaths (and Sacred Space) Matthew 5:33-37. “But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all … Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No.’” Once again, Jesus takes a well-known Old Testament thought and expands upon it beautifully...

10/21/2018 – You Have Heard it Said – Part 3 – Divorce Matthew 5:31-32. This text about divorce and infidelity is about so much more than first meets the eye.