Christmas marks the shift between the world of anticipating Christ and the world of fulfilling Christ. This year, and every year, we can keep the spirit of his birth alive…
What happens if we put John the Baptist in conversation with Bob Iger? What lessons in leadership do we learn?
Just because something is comfortable doesn't make it good, and just because something is uncomfortable doesn't mean it should be unwelcome. John urges us to reject complacency as we prepare…
As we think about Jesus as the eternal sovereign, we remember that this promise came about in times of distress, and that it can provide not only challenge to those…
On All Saints, we remember the hopes we have of a future beyond our understanding, and in which the final barriers between God and ourselves are removed. And we pause…
Jesus lays out what it looks like to forgive as we ought to forgive. In his trying examples, he highlights all the de-escalation we can do much more easily.
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…
Hebrews 2 illustrates what it means that Jesus was fully human, and why it was important that he was.
Romans 12 contains Paul's illustration of what he thinks it looks like to embody the grace we have received, leaving us with some of his most famous and memorable turns…
The book of 1 Samuel reminds us that power tends to corrupt. One antidote to the corruption of power is the vesting of it in all of God's people.
All actions come with unintended consequences. As we celebrate a patriotic holiday, we should remember how often victory carried with it the seeds of destruction, and pay attention to winning…
The church described early in the Book of Acts exemplified caring for all. For them, it meant the sacrifice by those who had much to create equality among the whole…
What is the Holy Trinity, exactly, and why is it important to understand? One reason is that it informs our understanding of God as beyond the bounds of our easy…
Jesus may be gone, but the Holy Spirit continues to push us toward changing ourselves, our church, and our world.
We're a church that serves beyond. What does that mean? It means doing the work of Jesus outside the doors of the church, and being bold to try and change…
In a world beset by unstable institutions and changing bedrocks and assumptions, we need a faith that teaches us how to adapt and change to meet the challenges of different…
The story of Thomas's encounter with the risen Christ shows us not only what our own reactions to good news can often look like, but the hope that there is…
Christ is Risen! In a new body that reminds us resurrection is not restoration, but the beginning of something new.