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LOOK: September 27, 2026

Sep 27, 2026

They asked him for his credentials. He never gave them. Not to the priests in the Temple, not to a prisoner sending word from a cell, not even to the crowd standing under a cross daring him to prove it. He answered a different way. He's still answering that way, at this table, today.

Matthew 21:23-27

A TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY: September 20, 2026

Sep 20, 2026

We keep a ledger. Quietly, carefully. Who showed up, who's earned their place, who still owes something. Some of us keep it on others. Some of us keep it on ourselves. But grace was never good at math.

Jonah 3:10-4:11| Matthew 20:1-16 | Philippians 1:21-30

INFINITE FORGIVENESS: September 13, 2026

Sep 13, 2026

When Peter asks Jesus how many times we are to forgive someone, Jesus answers, “Seventy-seven – or Seven times seventy.” What he means is, “Infinitely.” Can that be right? Is there no room in the world for “enough is enough?” Are there not some things that are unforgiveable? Apparently not.

OVERCOMING DIVISION: September 6, 2026

Sep 6, 2026

It is not news to say that the world and its inhabitants are divided, fragmented in a way that makes us give up hope. We just can’t help ourselves from our desire for revenge, retribution, and winning the argument. Jesus called his people, his Church, to bear witness to another way of life which restores hope, to be a...