In order to sharpen one another, we need to have actual conversations with flesh and blood human beings. Today’s scripture talks about the truly massive power we are offered through…
This sermon marks the beginning of a new series, and also the beginning of a stewardship campaign. This month - and this year - we learn how to be "one…
It’s a wonder what we can do when we operate together. Amanda has an usual metaphor to describe what it is that makes up our faith, but she focuses the…
In the story of the loaves and the fishes, Jesus looks at a tiny amount of food and declares it enough for a multitude. Where others see lack, God sees…
Lance finds the culmination of all these stories of encounters in Jesus’ meeting with Zaccheus. Don’t underestimate the way people’s lives can be transformed at a table together. We have…
Light drives away the darkness, but it also draws people in. To illustrate, Lance talks about the anti-gravitational principle when it comes to following Christ: the one who is brought…
What do we bring to our encounters with Jesus? The story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman is one focused on belonging. Amanda tells the story of what the Samaritan…
God came to give us light and life - a life of abundance… and a life of justice. Ken talks about Nicodemus’ late night visit to see Jesus, and the…
The story of the Samaritan woman is not just the story of an encounter with Jesus - it’s the story of an invitation. What Christ invites us to is an…
Today’s message is a “story sandwich”: one story pushed in the middle of another story, but both stories tell us the same message: that Jesus will stop at nothing to…
In the two stories found in today’s Scripture here, we see Jesus lift up the downtrodden, whether they are rich and powerful or poor and downtrodden. Doing the same remains…
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?