Ecclesiastes 4:7-16 | July 28, 2024
The choice to be together or “go it alone” is one we face now more than ever. The isolation of pandemic may have led us to believe that isolation is better for us. God's wisdom is filled with encouragement to…
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Acts 2:1-21 | May 19, 2024
The coming of the Holy Spirit marks an unprecedented change in how God is at work in the world. Rather than speaking through a single prophet or even through Jesus, God now comes in the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is…
Colossians 3:12-17 | April 14, 2024
Being thankful and expressing gratitude do not come easy for all of us. They are both expressions of deeper commitments we have each made. Thanksgiving and gratitude exist because of our commitments to compassion, grace, humility, and most of all,…
March 17, 2024 | Acts 6:1-7
Being a community, or even a family, can be hard at times. Everyone has opinions and, most of the time, we are not always willing to change our mind or even listen carefully to others. There is a special way…
February 18, 2024 | John 17:13-26
Many Christians feel that being Christian is a matter of agreement with certain truths or practices. Jesus calls his followers to something a bit different. Finding deep relationships with Jesus and others might be the key to experiencing the love…
September 24, 2023 – Zechariah 8:1-8
When is it hardest to deliver a message of hope? That is the question Zechariah the prophet must hold as he proclaims God's message of hope to a people who feel lost. In the end, hope is found in a…
June 4, 2023 – Acts 2:37-47
The earliest days of the Christian movement were ones filled with awe and wonder. Churches have been trying to return to this “feel” for centuries. Sometimes we get it dialed in and other times we are just a little lost.…
February 20, 2022-Luke 6:27-38 (Epiphany 7C)
The Golden Rule of Jesus is, “treat people the same way you want people to treat you.” Too may times we live our lives each day as if they are some kind of transaction with other people. We judge and…
February 13, 2022-Luke 6:17-26 (Epiphany 6C)
We each bring our longings and hopes in life. In Luke's version of the Sermon on The Mount (Plain), we Jesus bring new hope and life to all those that long for a new day.
On Community
It is hard to imagine thanksgiving without thanking someone. We usually don’t thank “things” or circumstances. We thank people. Let us not take for granted the lovely fabric of community in both the known and the stranger. Thanksgiving does not…