"Baptism: A Five-Course Meal" - Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 (January 13, 2019)
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Baptism is no mere appetizer; it's a full, five-course meal to be celebrated and explored!
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"Home By Another Way" - Matthew 2:1-12 (January 6, 2019)
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You see, there was a cruel tyrant who always felt insecure about himself. So insecure, in fact, that he was scared of a baby. And people who are insecure lash out. He had been told that this baby would grow old and save the people that he enjoyed oppressing. He, after all, was a political leader who thrived on oppression. Things worked best for him when the people thought he was their savior. But this baby was about to change all of that and he would have none of it.
Read More"The Invasive Love of God" - Luke 2:1-20 (December 24, 2018)
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You see, Christmas is not about the warm, fuzzy feelings. It’s not about the parties, or the presents, or the pound cakes. Christmas is really about one thing: the invasive love of God.
Read More"Do You Hear The People Sing?" - Luke 1:39-55 (December 23, 2018)
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Friends, make no mistake of it: this is the rhetoric of revolution. This is the kind of talk that strikes fear in the hearts of those in power.
Read More"What Then Should We Do?" - Luke 3:7-18 (December 16, 2018)
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Let us not think only about what brings us joy in this Advent season, but let us meditate on what brings God joy.
Read More"Waiting for God's Beloved Thief" - 2 Peter 3:8-15a (December 9, 2018)
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Together, we wait for God's beloved thief who will come to steal from us that which we need to let go to welcome the new heaven and new earth.
Read More"Looking for the Fig Tree" - Luke 21:25-36 (December 2, 2018)
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We are called, in this Season of Advent, to be on guard and alert not out of some sense of paranoia but instead out of hopeful anticipation for what God is doing in the world.
Read More"A Community of Love" - Hebrews 10:11-25 (November 18, 2018)
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When we provoke one another in acts of love and good deeds, it is kind of like we are poking one another, challenging one another to hold ourselves accountable to go above and beyond to do these acts of love and good deeds and not just talk about them.
Read More"The Greatest Gift" - 1 Kings 17:8-16 & Mark 12:38-44 (November 11, 2018)
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God's abundance is not limited by our lack of imagination or fear.
Read More"The Greatest Commandment" - Mark 12:28-34 (November 4, 2018)
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We cannot separate loving our neighbor from loving God. Period.
Read More"The Upside-Down Kingdom: Part 4 - Where the Blind Can See" - Mark 10:46-52 (October 28, 2018)
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But something stirred within him that day. Jesus had brought out a stubbornness in him; a stubbornness that he guessed could be the “faith” his healer had just mentioned. A stubbornness to hope in the goodness and beauty of the world despite everything that seemed to indicate otherwise.
Read More"The Upside-Down Kingdom: Part 3 - Where the Least Are the Greatest" - Mark 10:35-45 (October 21, 2018)
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There are times when putting the Body of Christ first means putting our comfort and convenience last. There are times when moving forward means letting go of some things. There are times, when making room for resurrection, that some things have to die in order for new things to sprout up in their place.
Read More"The Upside-Down Kingdom: Part 2 - Where the Last Are First" - Mark 10:17-31 (October 14, 2018)
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Let us give joyfully so that when God calls us to follow, instead of going away tearfully, we can go away with a song on our lips because the God Movement is alive in our lives and we have been called to share it!
Read More"The Upside-Down Kingdom: Part 1 - Where the Children Are Blessed" - Mark 10:13-16 (October 7, 2018)
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The Kingdom of God must be such a scary place for the person who thinks they know everything. But for the child who acts like a sponge to soak up new things, the Kingdom of God must be very exciting!
Read More"Walking Through James: Part 5 - Prayer" - James 5:13-20 (September 30, 2018)
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Prayer is the natural result of all the behaviors James has been lifting up to us this past month. Righteousness, gentleness, impartiality, benevolence, mercy, faithfulness, generosity. When these behaviors are exhibited, prayer is the inevitable outcome.
Read More"Walking Through James: Part 4 - A Gentleness Born of Wisdom" - James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a (September 23, 2018)
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Let us go into the world to show that gentleness is not weakness. Go out into the world and choose the wisdom that lifts up gentleness, a gentleness that is even stronger than death.
Read More"Walking Through James: Part 3 - Steering the Ship" - James 3:1-12 (September 16, 2018)
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“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic - capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” - Albus Dumbledore
Read More"Walking Through James: Part 2 - The Physicality of the Gospel" - James 2:1-17 (September 9, 2018)
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Our bodies have such potential within them. They can do the most amazing things. But it all comes down to this: what we choose to do with our body and how we treat other bodies.
Read More"Walking Through James: Part 1 - Hearers and Doers" - James 1:17-27 (September 2, 2018)
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James tells us that if the faith we find in the sanctuary doesn’t change our lives or other lives outside of it, then what we found wasn’t really faith at all.
Read More"Walking Through Ephesians: Part 7 - Suiting Up" - Ephesians 6:10-20 (August 26, 2018)
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"Walking Through Ephesians: Part 7 - Suiting Up" - Ephesians 6:10-20 (August 26, 2018)
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