1/15/2023 – A Shift in Perspective & An Unusual Wedding When reading through the book of Isaiah, it's not hard to see a shift take place from beginning to end. Isaiah (and Israel's) understanding of God's hopes expands. With insights from an unusual wedding...

1/8/2023 – Failed Utopia Blues After Christmas I always feel a case of the blues. Might this be because of the way we've come to celebrate Christmas in our culture? The historic liturgical view of Christmas is very different from cultural Christmas. What can this view...

12/24/2022 – Earthbound Places Jesus' birth wasn't announced to Kings or Priests, and it didn't take place in a palace or city. It was announced to shepherds, and it happened in a stable. If we are willing to hear it, perhaps these facts teach us something about how...

12/18/2022 – Finding Advent in Unexpected Places Our lectionary texts for this Sunday give us some strange Advent texts, particularly one. Why would Romans 1 be an Advent text? Is it a quirk in the readings, or is there some thing about Romans that shows us the very...

12/11/2022 – Taking Offense at Jesus Our gospel reading tells the story of John the Baptist in prison hearing about everything Jesus was doing, prompting him to ask "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" It seems John took offense at Jesus'...

12/04/2022 – Prince of Peace? This Sunday's advent theme is peace. Jesus is called the Prince of peace, but what kind of peace does he offered us? The peace of escapism? Or the peace of resurrection? Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel...

11/27/2022 – The Recital Has Begun With help from some young piano students playing Christmas recital songs, today we learn how Jesus — when he lived and walked on this earth — was kind of like a piano teacher playing a new song for his students. He was teaching us...

11/20/2022 – Reign of Christ Today is a big Sunday. It's the start of the World Cup. But it's a big Sunday for another reason as well. On the church calendar this is known as reign of Christ Sunday. What can we learn from both of these exciting and important...

11/13/2022 – Beautifully Odd When Jesus predicted that the temple in Jerusalem would crumble, is seems this was only a metaphor for what ultimately needed to crumble. Not the outside of the temple, but the inside. Jesus was a beautifully odd, strange and alluring...

11/06/2022 – All Saints Day This Sunday we celebrate All Saints Day. What can this day on the Christian calendar and the book of Daniel teach us about how we orient ourselves to time? Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel...