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May 6, 2021
Life Happens: Friends with Jesus
Have you ever "awakened" to realize there was more than you ever imagined? Perhaps it was a relationship that meant more than you...
Apr 30, 2021
Life Happens: Scandalously Particular
Life happens in big and small ways. Last week we talked about Jesus handing on his mantle to us, all of us, as he did to Simon Peter in...
Apr 22, 2021
Life Happens:Fish and Chips?
Are you starting to wonder if things will ever "get back to normal?" More likely, you have been wondering this for awhile. What are we...
Apr 16, 2021
Life Happens: Surprised by God Part 2
"Life" has been happening a lot over the last year; the greatest challenge was that life looked differently sometimes than we were used...
Mar 25, 2021
Mary Magdalene
She's been called "the apostle to the apostles"and yet not an apostle herself? This week we bring the six week Lenten series on the...
Mar 18, 2021
The Centurion
Who? After Jesus breathes his last, the centurion sees Jesus for who he was/is. Does the centurion see something we ought to be able to...
Mar 11, 2021
What about Judas, the one who betrayed Jesus?
You may be saying that what we can learn from Judas is a no-brainer: don't betray Jesus! This week I want to take a deeper look at Judas...
Mar 5, 2021
What about Peter?
Peter plays an important role in the crucifixion: he is the denier. It is one of those times when he couldn't seem live up to his...
Feb 25, 2021
What to do with those religious folk
The Bible has an on-again/off-again relationship with religious people. Some are lionized and others are demonized. What are we to make...
Feb 18, 2021
Pontius Pilate
This week we begin a series about the people involved with the crucifixion of Jesus. Some of these folks were friends; others actually...
Feb 11, 2021
Jesus, you're glowing...
This Sunday we will take up the experience of Peter, James, and John on a mountaintop with Jesus. While there, the disciples experience...
Feb 4, 2021
Turning the tables
Jesus had a way of turning the tables and, at least once, did so quite literally! Jesus entered the temple in Jerusalem and was angered...
Jan 29, 2021
Stopping for a drink
Jesus and the disciples are on the way back to Galilee. On any long road trip, it may be necessary to stop and get something to eat and...
Jan 21, 2021
There was this wedding...
...and Jesus went to it. The after-wedding party ran out of wine. Jesus' mom, Mary, asks Jesus to do something about it. In the end, he...
Jan 14, 2021
Next Stop: the Wilderness
Immediately after being baptized by John the baptizer, Jesus heads out into "the wilderness." What is this wilderness experience all...
Jan 7, 2021
Jesus Begins the Way
Jesus walked a specific road which began in his baptism. To follow in his footsteps is the goal of our faith. So how will we do that? Why...
Dec 31, 2020
From the Beginning...
This Sunday is the tenth day of Christmas (...10 maids a’ milking...). How far back does the Christmas story really go? 2000 years?...
Dec 17, 2020
No House Big Enough
On this last Sunday before Christmas we leave Isaiah to turn the clock back in Israel's history. King David wants to build a house for...
Dec 10, 2020
The Spirit is on me...
We turn again this week to the prophet Isaiah for a word about how to deal with all this #expectation and #waiting and #uncertainty. And...
Dec 3, 2020
Comfort My People
Where do we find "comfort" when everything seems a bit upside-down? What word do we have when things are challenging and difficult and we...
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