Aug 29, 2022
The world is an ever-changing place which means it is a world that drives us crazy and stokes our fears. We are divided and fragmented, and we live as isolated individuals with wrecked relationships. It doesn’t have to be that way. The people of God offer a way of living that gives us hope and is rooted in love....
Aug 22, 2022
We have all learned that vaccines create resistance to disease in our bodies. In the same way, we can be resistant to God’s grace. When Jesus heals a woman on the Sabbath, people are angry. Jesus sets her free and gives her rest from eighteen years of suffering. That is what the Sabbath is about. Yet some fail to see...
Aug 15, 2022
Jesus says that he came not to bring peace but division. Jesus said that judgment is unavoidable. How is that good news? In a world where we fear change and are convinced that we are basically “good people” with no room for improvement, let alone, confession, maybe judgment and transformation are never good news....
Aug 8, 2022
Is faith “believing the unbelievable?” Is it choosing to believe in religion or science? Is it accepting a certain set of teachings? Is it even possible in a world where many can’t believe in God when there is still suffering in the world? The writer of Hebrews says, “faith is the assurance of things hoped for;...
Aug 1, 2022
We live in a world driven by money and possessions. Our financial desires and accumulations can do harm to our relationships with God, loved ones, neighbors, and creation. Jesus tells three stories about this phenomenon in Luke’s gospel. Each tells us that money and possessions cannot raise us from the dead. Each call...