Sunday, October 26, 2025 – Reformation Sunday Introduction: The Sound of a People Finding Their Voice When we think of the Reformation, most of us picture Martin Luther hammering his 95 Theses to a church door. But we can also imagine a quieter, more human scene. It’s a Sunday morning in a small German village, […]
Sunday, October 19, 2025 – Genesis 32:22-31, Psalm 121, 2 Timothy 3:14—4:5, Luke 18:1-8 As we gather around today’s readings, a powerful thread emerges: persistence. In Genesis, we encounter Jacob at a crossroads—wrestling not just with a mysterious stranger, but with his past, his fears, and ultimately with God. Out of this struggle comes blessing
One of the things I love most about scripture is how, even thousands of years later, these ancient stories still have the power to surprise us, to challenge us, and to inspire us. Today, as we hear about the healing of Naaman, the Syrian general, and the ten lepers whom Jesus heals, we are reminded
Sunday, October 5, 2025 – Leviticus 25:8-21, Job 12:7-10, Colossians, 1:15-20 There’s an old joke that asks the question, “Why do our family members push all of our buttons?” The answer is: “Because they installed them.” The people around us push our buttons because we project onto them the things that are unresolved in us.
Sunday, September 28, 2025 – Jeremiah 4:23-26, Isaiah 32:9-18, Romans 8:18-30 I’ll never forget the time I was swimming in the waters of Hawaii. I’d been visiting a friend in Maui, and popped over to the Big Island where I spent two nights outside Volcanoes National Park. It was glorious. I spent the last few
Sunday, September 14, 2025 – Isaiah 40:12, Psalm 24:1-2, Genesis 1:1-25, Genesis 1:26-2:4 A timely little visitor showed up in my office on Wednesday to mark the beginning of our Season of Creation. I was sitting at my desk and suddenly I heard something moving behind me. I was afraid that a mouse or worse
Sunday, September 21, 2025 – Leviticus 25:23-24, Genesis 2:4-15, Job 38 We’re now in the second Sunday of our “Season of Creation,” a season that churches all over the world are celebrating. The Season of Creation began in 1989 in the Orthodox Christian Church as a Day of Prayer for the Environment. It was later
Sunday, August 24, 2025 – Isaiah 58:9b-14, Psalm 103:1-8, Hebrews 12:18-29, Luke 13:10-17 What does it mean to truly be set free? To move beyond the places and patterns that keep us bound—to step from darkness into light, from ruin into renewal? Our readings today invite us to imagine a life in which we are
