Scriptures:Matthew 10:26-39 & Acts 2:42-47 Welcome home! What a joy it is to gather here today – old friends, new friends, members, visitors – all of us together as one body. This is our Homecoming or Rally Day or Fall Kick-off; whatever we want to call it. But this is the Sunday when we celebrate […]
Scriptures:Isaiah 56:1-8 & Matthew 7:15-20 A few weeks ago, our high school youth went on our trip to Presbyterian Youth Triennium. In the weeks, and even the hours, leading up to the trip, there was plenty of excitement. But most of our youth were also pretty honest with me: they were nervous. They were anxious […]
Scriptures:Amos 8:1-12Luke 10:38-42 Today I begin with a quote I came across online that has been echoing in my heart all week; words from a Christian pastor and theologian who practiced what he preached even when it cost him everything. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was German pastor during the rise of Nazi Germany when the church was […]
Today is Pentecost: a day when we remember how God’s Spirit moves in the world, breaking through our expectations, lighting hearts on fire, and creating a new kind of community. On that first Pentecost, the Spirit empowered ordinary people; people of every age, background, and language; to speak God’s love and promise in their own […]
What does resurrection look like in the here and now of our daily lives? How is God calling you to embody that resurrection for others? It was winter in Jerusalem. The people had gathered at the temple to celebrate the Festival of the Dedication. On this Sunday in Eastertide, the lectionary sends us back to […]
Eight years ago, I stood in front of the community of faith that raised me and was ordained into ministry. It was on a Palm Sunday. And this passage – Luke’s telling of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem – was the Scripture we read together at that ordination service. Ever since then, I’ve had the blessing, […]
Have you ever had an experience that changed you forever? A moment where you saw the world or yourself differently? Maybe it was standing in the mountains, looking out at a vast horizon that made you feel both small and deeply connected to something greater. Maybe it was holding a newborn baby, realizing the weight […]
