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Transfiguration Sunday
2/19/2023 – Transfiguration Sunday
This Sunday is transfiguration Sunday. What does this unique story tell us about the world we live in? And how does it relate to movies and video games?
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Epiphany Week Six – Jesus’ Sermon on the Margins
2/12/2023 – Jesus’ Sermon on the Margins
Today’s gospel reading from the sermon on the mount is well-known to most Christians. But being so removed from Jesus’ context — living under Roman occupation with the loss of status, freedom and autonomy — how well do we actually understand it? What might help us understand this sermon better?
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Epiphany Week Five – Intellectual Wisdom or Incarnational Wisdom
2/5/2023 – Intellectual Wisdom or Incarnational Wisdom
At our Youth Winter ski retreat, I was reminded that there are two kinds of knowledge: intellectual knowledge, and incarnational knowledge. As followers of Jesus, we are called to incarnational knowledge. How does this awareness change our understanding of evangelism and faith in general?
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Epiphany Week Four – Micah 6:8 and Alexa Reminders
1/29/2023 – Micah 6:8 and Alexa Reminders
What does the Lord require of you? Throughout much of early Jewish history, Israel thought the answer to this question was “sacrifices.” Throughout my faith journey, I’ve embraced several different answers to this question. How does Micah answer this question?
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Epiphany Week Three – Labels and the Lake
1/22/2023 – Labels and the Lake
Today, as we look at the story of the calling of the first disciples, and Paul’s call to the church in Corinth to have no divisions among themselves, we turn our attention to two deep wells of wisdom: Darth Vader and sports rivalries!
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Epiphany Week Two – A Shift in Perspective & An Unusual Wedding
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 ceremony, we explore this shift and learn what it could mean for us today.
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Epiphany Week One – Failed Utopia Blues
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 teach us as we prepare to embark on a new year?
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Christmas Eve 2022 – Earthbound Places
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 God likes to show up in our lives.
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Finding Advent in Unexpected Places
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 heart of Christmas?
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Taking Offense at Jesus
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’ methodology. Jesus frustrated John’s expectations, and He frustrates our’s as well.
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