"Well, THAT Escalated Quickly!" - Luke 4:14-30 (February 3, 2019)
/The Gospel takes on many forms. And many of those forms stir the pot and threaten the status quo
Read MoreThe Gospel takes on many forms. And many of those forms stir the pot and threaten the status quo
Read MoreSometimes one part of the body is hurting and the other parts of the body have to call an audible to compensate for the disability. Sometimes too much focus is given to one part of the body and the other part of the body suffers because of it. Having all the members work together to form a body that can live a fulfilling and productive life is no small task.
Read MoreBaptism is no mere appetizer; it's a full, five-course meal to be celebrated and explored!
Read MoreFriends, 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 MoreLet us not think only about what brings us joy in this Advent season, but let us meditate on what brings God joy.
Read MoreTogether, 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 MoreWe 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 MoreWhen 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 MoreGod's abundance is not limited by our lack of imagination or fear.
Read MoreWe cannot separate loving our neighbor from loving God. Period.
Read MoreBut 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 MoreThere 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 MoreLet 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 MoreThe 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 MorePrayer 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 MoreLet 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“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 MoreOur 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 MoreJames 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)
Read MoreOriginal hymns, liturgies, and sermons by Rev. Stephen M. Fearing. Liturgies for use in worship based off of the Revised Common Lectionary.