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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
Plague Year, Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church

You Know This is a Terrible Idea, Right?

July 17, 2022
As a people, we so often want to avoid the burden of making decisions. God is there to remind us that we're never alone when we do.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Samuel 8
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Plague Year, The Whole of the Thing

Delighting Decrees

June 7, 2020
Loving all the torah, studying it, meditating it, understanding our feelings over the passages we hate to love and love to hate, and love to love, and bring comfort, and…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Psalm 119
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Democracy, Narrative Lectionary Year 1 (2018-19)

Compassion and Real Wins

October 28, 2018
Solomon and a worried mother show us what it looks like to create multiple winners from one encounter. It's easy to view the world as zero-sum, but the promise of…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Kings 3:16-28
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Democracy, Narrative Lectionary Year 1 (2018-19)

God Brings the Mirror

October 21, 2018
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…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 2 Samuel 11:1-5, 26-27, 2 Samuel 12:1-9
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Democracy, Narrative Lectionary Year 1 (2018-19)

Constant Vigilance

October 14, 2018
It's election season in Iowa. Let's talk about democracy. Today, what on earth could Joshua's sermon about all God has done for the exiled Israelites have to do with voting?…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Joshua 24:1-26
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Democracy, Narrative Lectionary Year 1 (2018-19)

Community Obligations

October 7, 2018
The Ten Commandments are often read without context. What did they mean to a people finding the opportunity for self-governance for the first time? One is the message that all…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Exodus 20:1-17
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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