Have you considered the responsiveness and relationship of God with us and us with God? This week we will explore how pleas and...

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10. In perhaps Paul's earliest letter, he celebrates and encourages the folks of Thessaloniki. He sees in them...

Attention. What is that draws our attention? What is it to which God would like us to bring attention? Here in Philippians 4 we begin to...

As I reflect on living, I find that I am often full when the Way of Jesus calls me to be empty. Paul refers to this in his letter to...

There is something clearly unfair about the reading from Matthew 20:1-16 for Sunday. I get a little rankled when I read it. This week we...

If the commandment Jesus gives is in John is to "love one another," what does that look like in practice? I know we talk about this all...

We turn to Paul's letter to Rome once more for some instruction on what is important in the life of faith. So what is important? That we...

Paul has some thoughts about what it looks like to follow Jesus in community. He sent those thoughts to the faith community in Rome. This...

Sabbath. We have talked about Sabbath as command and as delight. This week we take a look at the extension of Sabbath beyond a seventh...

Would it startle you to hear that God is in love with you, and that God loves you being you?! I find it startling because the messaging I...

This week we begin a three week series about the Sabbath and rest. You may wonder why the sermon title is "A Change in Mindset." It is...

We end the Wisdom Series with the Song of Solomon. In it we will find beautiful love poetry and hints of reconciliation between God and...

When I think about Ecclesiastes, I try to step away from the popular chapter 3 (remember "there is a time for every purpose under...

Many times in my life I have I have focused on the things that I thought would bring about a good life. Proverbs 3: 1-7 helps us focus on...

Isaiah 61 is fodder for one of Jesus's messages, this one to his home town folks. This passage comes near the end of Isaiah and is the...

There have been consequences to the choices made; still God chases us and does not give up. Isaiah 40 begins by offering us comfort and...

Last week we realized that first we must admit there is a problem. Admitting the problem is the beginning especially if nothing is done...

This week we begin a series on the prophet Isaiah. And we'll be looking a fairly famous section where God "calls" the prophet and...

Every day we go out into the unknown. In that way, we are not unlike Abram when God called him to leave what he knew to go to a "place...

When we look at our faith, sometimes we begin to realize that there are many complex ways the Church has sought to explain what is, Who...