In Pastor Nathan's final sermon before his term as pastor ends, he reminds us of Christ as the invisible God, sustaining us and providing us with a model not only…
In the election season, as we become focused on the group we are a part of and our righteousness, it is important to remember that it is what comes out…
Sometimes, we want SO HARD to make people be other than what they are that we lose sense of who we are in the meantime.
Jesus may be gone, but the Holy Spirit continues to push us toward changing ourselves, our church, and our world.
We like to think that the world around us changes based on who we think is helped by the reality we choose to inhabit. War, violence against bodies, and acts…
The core challenge of the Good News to people from the earliest days of the church has been: what does faith look like?
On Reformation Day, we remember always the foundations of our faith, our lodestone for forming and re-forming our church: Nothing can come between us and the love of God.
The Psalmist reminds us that the first step toward reconciliation and the work of building God's world together is repenting of our sin. In America, to build the nation we…
Jesus reminds me that we never truly stand alone, but that in the power of community relationships, we can build the abundant world of God.
As Mark tells the story, the Pharisees in Levi's house assume that the people Jesus is eating with are not righteous. Jesus turns it around and questions their authority to…
Jonah is filled with righteous anger than Ninevah has not been destroyed. It's a reminder that our hate and anger and clouded sense of justice does not match God's.
Maybe Pilate was coming in by the other road, encouraging Judeans to show their loyalty to the Empire. Maybe he wasn't. Jesus's entry on a colt shows the humility God…
Jesus predicts the sovereign realm of God will come in the lifetimes of the people among him. What if he is preparing all of us for all the upheavals of…
We always have the choice between cruelty and compassion. This week, the 5th circuit chose cruelty. Jesus reminds us, always, that though we cannot control the outcome of our actions,…
We are often tempted to tell stories of our righteousness, of how we have always been on the side of good. Jacob shows the power of a story that marks…
The conflict between the triumph of the palms and the suffering and death of Jesus during Holy Week looms over our worship on the last day of Lent. What are…
Why do we sing Lessons and Carols? On the 100th anniversary of the first singing at King's College Cambridge, we remember that it was a new service, and one that…
One of the most important parts of Democracy is accountability. David's treatment of Uriah shows us the dangers of corruption to Democracy and leadership. Nathan's words remind us that we…
