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8/13/2023 More than a Night at Sea At first blush, Matthew 14:22-33 is an incredible story of Jesus and the disciples surviving a terrible storm while crossing the sea of Galilee. But if we only read this story as a historical moment, we miss the point and do...

8/6/2023 What Was the Bigger Miracle? Today's gospel story is the feeding of the 5000. What can two different interpretations of the story teach us about the gospel and how we're called to live? Also, should Spider-Man have organic or mechanical web shooters?  Our...

7/30/2023 Who Shall Separate Us? "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Special Guest Dr. Dumas Harshaw brings us a timely word from the book of Romans. Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join...

7/23/2023 Love Transforms Focusing on Psalm 139, Reverend Chalice Overy shares about the importance of receiving the affirmation of God's love for us that we might have the capacity to spread love in the world. Because love transforms. Our services are streamed every...

7/16/2023 The Parable of the Sower We take a closer look at the parable in Matthew 13 with our focus on the sower and what this can teach us about God's practice of abundance over scarcity along with how we might respond to God's generous love.  Our services are...

7/9/2023 – How Wonderful! How Terrible! We'll see. The story of Rebekah's betrothal to Isaac is told as a sign and testimony of God's favor. But upon getting married, life is anything but easy. What happened? Was God's favor withdrawn? Or does our understanding of...

6/25/2023 – When the Prince of Peace brings a Sword Among Jesus' stranger sayings is this: "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." How do we reconcile these words coming from the Prince of Peace? Could...

6/18/2023 – Sheep Without a Shepherd In Matthew 9, Jesus looked at a crowd with compassion because they looked like sheep without a shepherd. What does this tell us about how Jesus feels about us and how we are called to live. Our services are streamed every Sunday on...

6/11/2023 – The Upside of Darkness Exposed In the wake of the release of two documentaries exposing the dark side of the church (Shiny Happy People, and The Secrets of Hillsong), the temptation is to cry out "Where is God?" But could these exposés be a sign of...

6/4/2023 – Trinity Sunday and the Temple This Sunday is Trinity Sunday. As we reflect on the Trinity, we are looking at an often overlooked aspect of scripture. Namely, that it is a story about a temple. Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel...