Scripture: Mark 2:23-38
Graduation season sets and in, and we celebrate all that graduates have done by remembering that they are more than what they do, and sitting to eat and enjoy the blessing of simply being.
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Tides of Life and Grace
Scripture: Psalm 104: 24-34
Trinity Sunday invites into a whole lot of mystery, and into a way of seeing the world: as the ever moving flow of love… just like that one dinosaur in Jurassic Park.
Long Walk, Found Selves
Scripture: Luke 24:13-32
Two disciples on the road discover the risen Jesus, and maybe discover something about themselves. Maybe we discover who we are, too… as we struggle to set a table for those who have displaced by violence in recent weeks.
The Body
Scripture: Mark 14:1-9
As we enter into Holy Week, we are challenged to fully see and account for “the body”, Jesus’s presence here with us. We are invited, along with a woman who comes to him while he is still alive, to honor, to mourn, and to bless.
Elemental
Scripture: Colossians 2:5-10,16-19
Along with church folk from Colossae, we wonder where we can look for Jesus, and how we can stay out of each other’s light as we hope to shine with the light we find there.
Called and Calling
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Scripture: Mark 1:14-20
Jesus invites fishermen into a new way, and asks, what are we working so hard for? Fish? Or People?
For All Generations
Scripture: Luke 2:22-40
Jesus and his parents meet new friends and share wisdom from generation to generation.
Beginnings
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Scripture: Mark 1:1-8
Advent begins in the Gospel of Mark… in the middle, where so many of our beginnings, and endings are found in times of change.
New Life in the Big City
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Scripture: Revelation 21: 1-6, 22-25
A vision of a Holy City calls us to remember where we hold citizenship, and to learn about the Revelation and the Empire it stands apart from.
Imagining and Speaking Out
Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8
The prophets invite us to use our imaginations to envision a world more whole and more just, and then to call it into being with God.