April 21, 2024 | Acts (Part 1): Acts of Jesus Through the Holy Spirit
April 14, 2024 | Knowing Jesus in a New Way
April 7, 2024 | Series of Mark Recap and Community Sharing
March 31, 2024 | Seeing New Creation Through Tears
March 24, 2024 | Mark (Part 11): The World Is Gethsemane by John Gallaher
March 17, 2024 | Mark (Part 10): Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany
March 10, 2024 | Mark (Part 9): The Way
March 3, 2024 | Mark (Part 8): The Journey of Discipleship
February 25, 2024 | Mark (Part 7): Feeding the Five Thousand
February 18, 2024 | Mark (Part 6): Preferential Option for the Poor
February 11, 2024 |Mark (Part 5): Mustard Seed Discipleship
February 4, 2024 |Mark (Part 4): Good Trouble
January 29, 2024 |Mark (Part 3): A Day In the Life of Jesus
January 21, 2024 |Mark (Part 2): Jesus’ Baptism
January 14, 2024 |Mark (Part 1): A Manifesto For Christian Discipleship
January 7, 2024 |Change of Plans
December 31, 2023 |Community Reflection
December 24, 2023 |Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
December 24, 2023 |Advent #4: Love
December 17, 2023 |Advent #3: Joy
December 10, 2023 |Advent #2: Peace
December 03, 2023 |Advent #1: Illuminating the Darkness
November 26, 2023 |Parable of Sheep and Goats
November 19, 2023 |Thanksgiving!?
November 12, 2023 |The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids
November 5, 2023 |It’s Sunday, but Monday’s Coming
October 29, 2023 |The Tie That Binds
October 22, 2023 |Embrace Values - Neighborhood Focused
October 15, 2023 |Embrace Values - Gritty Christ Followers
October 8, 2023 |More Than Enough
October 1, 2023 |Embrace Values - Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
September 24, 2023 |Embrace Values - Keep It Real
September 17, 2023 |Embrace Values - Church = Diverse Family
September 10, 2023 |Embrace Values - Jesus at the Center
September 3, 2023 |Invitation to Dance and Mourn
August 27, 2023 |Matthew’s Big Reveal
August 20, 2023 |The Heart of Great Faith
August 13, 2023 |Jesus Walks on Water
August 6, 2023 |Desolate Places In Wild Hours
July 30, 2023 |No Condemnation
July 23, 2023 |Romans (Week 7): All Are Loved
July 16, 2023 |Romans (Week 6): All Have Sinned
July 9, 2023 |Romans (Week 5): Not Ashamed of the Gospel
July 2, 2023 |Romans (Week 4): Christoformity
June 25, 2023 |Romans (Week 3): Weak & Strong
June 18, 2023 |Romans (Week 2): Phoebe, Leader of the Early Church
June 11, 2023 |Romans (Week 1): Maybe We’re Reading Romans Wrong?
June 4, 2023 |Doubt is the Field in which we Plant our Seed of Faith
May 28, 2023 |Pentecost
May 21, 2023 |1 Peter (Part 6): Christ’s Presence In Suffering
May 14, 2023 |1 Peter (Part 5): Zealots for Good
May 7, 2023 |1 Peter (Part 4): Rejected by Humans, Affirmed by God
April 30, 2023 |1 Peter (Part 3): A Letter For the Suffering
April 23, 2023 |1 Peter (Part 2): Discipleship and Discerning Together
April 16, 2023 |1 Peter and the Resurrection
April 9, 2023 |Jesus’s Last Week: Sunday
April 2, 2023 |Jesus’s Last Week: Friday and Saturday
March 26, 2023 |Jesus’s Last Week: Thursday
March 19, 2023 |Jesus’s Last Week: Wednesday
March 12, 2023 |Jesus’s Last Week: Tuesday
March 5, 2023 |Jesus’s Last Week: Monday
February 26, 2023 |Jesus’s Last Week: Sunday
February 19, 2023 |The Life We’re Building
February 12, 2023 |Audience of One
February 5, 2023 |Active Non-Violent Resistance
January 29, 2023 |Transforming Initiatives
January 22, 2023 |Adventures in Missing the Point
January 15, 2023 |What Are You Seeking
January 8, 2023 |Our Part in the Baptism of Jesus
January 1, 2023 |Celebrating Christmastide
December 25, 2022|Christmas Day - A Time to Ponder
December 24, 2022|Christmas Eve - The Story of Christmas
December 18, 2022|Advent 4 - The Path of Promise: Love
December 11, 2022|Advent 3 - The Path of Promise: Joy
December 4, 2022|Advent 2 - The Path of Promise: Stump
November 27, 2022|Advent 1 - The Path of Promise: Hope For New Creation
November 20, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 45): Christ the King
November 13, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 44): Reason to Hope
November 6, 2022|All Saints Day: We Move Forward by Looking Back
October 30, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 42): Zachaeus
October 23, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 41): The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
October 16, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 40): The Persistent Widow
October 9, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 39): Grateful Living
October 2, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 38): The Attitude For Discipleship
September 25, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 37): The Rich Man and Lazarus
September 18, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 36): Who Do You Serve?
September 11, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 35): Not Today
September 4, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 34): A Hard Year With Jesus
August 28, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 33): Downward Mobility
August 21, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 32): Worship and Lament
August 14, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 31): Jesus, the Prophet
August 7,2022|Year With Jesus (Part 30): God is Like What?
July 31, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 29): The Parable of the Rich Fool
July 24, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 28): Eager to Love
July 17, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 27): Martha and Mary
July 10, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 26): The Good Samaritan
July 03, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 25): Sent Out
June 26, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 24): Walk in the Way if Peace
June 19, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 23): Breaking Barriers Like Jesus
June 12, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 22): The Spirit Points to Jesus
June 5, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 21): Pentecost
May 29, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 20): The Ascension
May 22, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 19): The Paraclete
May 15, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 18): Love Like Jesus
May 8, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 17): The Good Shepherd
May 1, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 16): A Fresh Start for Peter
April 24, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 15): Locked Doors & Scared Disciples
April 17, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 14): Easter Sunday
April 10, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 13): Palm Sunday
April 3, 2022|Year With Jesus (Part 12): A Portrait of True Discipleship
March 27, 2022| Year With Jesus (Part 11): Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son
March 20, 2022| Year With Jesus (Part 10): Life’s Fragility Demands Urgency
March 13, 2022| Year with Jesus (Part 9): On the Way to Jerusalem
March 6, 2022| Year with Jesus (Part 8): Through The Wilderness
February 27, 2022| Year with Jesus (Part 7): Transfiguration Sunday
February 20, 2022| Year with Jesus (Part 6): Revolutionary Love
February 14, 2022| Year with Jesus (Part 5): New World Order
February 6, 2022| Year with Jesus (Part 4): Rediscover Jesus
January 30, 2022| Year with Jesus (Part 3): Check Your Heart
January 23, 2022| Year with Jesus (Part 2): The Beating Heart of the Gospel
January 16, 2022| Year with Jesus (Part 1): Our Story
January 9, 2022| Christmas (Part 3): The Magi
January 2, 2022| Christmas (Part 2): Simeon & Anna
December 26, 2021| Christmas (Part 1): The Shepherds
December 24, 2021| Under the Shadow of God’s Spirit
December19, 2021| Mothers of Jesus (Part 4): Mary
December12, 2021| Mothers of Jesus (Part 3): Ruth
December 5, 2021| Mothers of Jesus (Part 2): Rahab
November 28, 2021| Mothers of Jesus (Part 1): Bathsheba & Tamar
November 21, 2021| Year-in-Review Community Reflection
November 14, 2021| Hebrews (Part 7): Holding Fast Together
November 7, 2021| Hebrews (Part 6): The Unshakable Kingdom
October 31, 2021| Hebrews (Part 5): The Great Cloud of Witnesses
October 24, 2021| Hebrews (Part 4): Moving Forward Together
October 17, 2021| Hebrews (Part 3): We Do See Jesus
October 10, 2021| Hebrews (Part 2): Jesus, Our Great High Priest
October 3, 2021| Hebrews (Part 1): Hold Fast
September 26, 2021| James (Part 4): The Jesus Creed
September 19, 2021| James (Part 3): Integrity
September 12, 2021| James (Part 2): A Pastor Among the Poor
September 5, 2021| James (Part 1): What Are You Going to Do About It?
August 29, 2021| The Burdens We Bear
August 22, 2021| Samuel (Part 11): God’s Presence & the Temple
August 15, 2021| Samuel (Part 10): Solomon’s Wisdom
August 8, 2021| Samuel (Part 9): Absalom’s Death
August 1, 2021| Samuel (Part 8): Confrontation and Confession
July 25, 2021| Samuel (Part 7): A Frank Conversation About Sin
July 18, 2021| Samuel (Part 6): Messianic Hope
July 4, 2021| Samuel (Part 5): Shepherd the Flock with Justice!
June 27, 2021| Samuel (Part 4): House for Your Sorrows
June 20, 2021| Samuel (Part 3): Survival Literature
June 13, 2021| Samuel (Part 2): The Rise of David
June 6, 2021| 1 Samuel (Part 1): An Artistic Reading of Transition
May 30, 2021| The Divine Community and the Beloved Community
May 23, 2021| The Liberating and Disrupting Holy Spirit
May 16, 2021| 1 John (Part 6): Eternal Life, Now
May 9, 2021| 1 John (Part 5): Anchor of My Soul
May 2, 2021| 1 John (Part 4): It Always Comes Back to Love
April 25, 2021| 1 John (Part 3): A Pair of Pictures
April 18, 2021| 1 John (Part 2): Do the Truth
April 11, 2021| 1 John (Part 1): Read the Bible & Read the Moment
April 4, 2021| Mark (Part 13): The Story is Isn’t Over
March 28, 2021| Mark (Part 12): The World is Gethsemane
March 21, 2021| Mark (Part 11): Jesus’ Direct Action in the Temple
March 14, 2021| Mark (Part 10): On the Way
March 7, 2021| Mark (Part 9): Do You Still Not Understand?
February 28, 2021| Mark (Part 8): An Economy of Enough
February 21, 2021| Mark (Part 7): Preferential Option for the Poor
February 14, 2021| Mark (Part 6): Mustard Seed Discipleship
February 7, 2021| Mark (Part 5): Good and Necessary Trouble
January 31, 2021| Mark (Part 4): Engagement and Withdrawal
January 24, 2021| Mark (Part 3): A Manifesto for Christian Discipleship
January 17, 2021| Mark (Part 2): Reflections on MLK and Christian Discipleship
January 10, 2021| Mark (Part 1): God’s Boundry-Breaking Invasion
January 3, 2021| Baby Jesus and the Empire
December 27, 2020| A Testimony of Faithfulness
December 24, 2020| Christmas Eve: Fear & Courage
December 20, 2020| Advent (Part 4): Choose Love
December 13, 2020| Advent (Part 3): Practice Joy
December 6, 2020| Advent (Part 2): Bring Peace
November 29, 2020| Advent (Part 1): Hold Hope
November 22, 2020| Jesus IS on the Throne
November 15, 2020| 1 Thessalonians (Part 5): Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth
November 8, 2020| 1 Thessalonians (Part 4): The Tragic Gap
November 1, 2020| 1 Thessalonians (Part 3): The Walk
October 25, 2020| 1 Thessalonians (Part 2): Dare to Preach the Gospel
October 18, 2020| 1 Thessalonians (Part 1): Reading Someone Else’s Mail
October 11, 2020| Exodus (Part 8): God & the Golden Calf
October 4, 2020| Exodus (Part 7): Freedom That Actually is Free
September 27, 2020| Exodus (Part 6): Water Does Flow in the Desert
September 20, 2020| Exodus (Part 5): Vulnerable Equity With Our Neighbors
September 13, 2020| Exodus (Part 4): Hope for a Better Future
September 6, 2020| Exodus (Part 3): The Passover
August 30, 2020| Exodus (Part 2): Excuses, Excuses!
August 23, 2020| Exodus (Part 1): Creative Defiance
August 16, 2020| Genesis (Part 11): The Sent Ones
August 9, 2020| Genesis (Part 10): From Old Nature to New
August 2, 2020| Genesis (Part 9): The God Who Wrestles in the Night
July 26, 2020| Genesis (Part 8): God’s Promises are Resilient
July 19, 2020| Genesis (Part 7): Jacob’s Ladder
July 12, 2020| Genesis (Part 6): Let God Turn it All Upside-Down!
July 5, 2020| Genesis (Part 5): God is Busy at Work
June 28, 2020| Genesis (Part 4): Learning About God Through Messy Stories
June 21, 2020| Genesis (Part 3): The Uncomfortable Mirror
June 14, 2020| Genesis (Part 2): Disruptive Newness
June 7, 2020| Genesis (Part 1): From Creation to Commission
May 31, 2020| Racism, Whiteness, and Freedom Wind
May 24, 2020| Easter (Part 7): Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth
May 17, 2020| Easter (Part 6): We All Need An Advocate!
May 10, 2020| Easter (Part 5): The Way of Jesus
May 3, 2020| Easter (Part 4): Jesus, the Good Shepherd and the Gate
April 26, 2020| Easter (Part 3): Meeting Jesus on the Road
April 19, 2020| Easter (Part 2): Their Story is Our Story
April 12, 2020| Easter: A Story to Remember
April 5, 2020| Reclaiming Jesus (Part 6): Jesus, the Peaceful Messiah
March 22, 2020| Reclaiming Jesus (Part 4): Jesus is the Good Shepherd
March 8, 2020| Reclaiming Jesus (Part 2): Born From Above
March 1, 2020| Reclaiming Jesus (Part 1): We know Jesus, and we are learning Jesus
February 23, 2020| Transfiguration Sunday: “Listen to Him!”
February 16, 2020| Epiphanies (Part 6): God’s Commands Lead to Life!
February 9, 2020| Epiphanies (Part 5): It’s Sunday, but Monday’s coming!
February 2, 2020| Epiphanies (Part 4): God Requires All Three: Justice, Mercy, and Humility!
January 26, 2020| Epiphanies (Part 3): The Kingdom of Heaven is Near!
January 19, 2020| Epiphanies (Part 2): I am a Witness!
January 12, 2020| Epiphanies (Part 1): Jesus is the Chosen One!
January 5, 2020| The Radical Message of Epiphany
December 29, 2019| First Sunday of Christmas: Slaughter of the Innocents
December 24, 2019| Christmas Eve Homily
December 22, 2019| Advent (Part 4): Conceive
December 15, 2019| Advent (Part 3): Be Patient
December 8, 2019| Advent (Part 2): Welcome
December 1, 2019| Advent (Part 1): Awake
November 24, 2019| Sabbath (Part 3): Resistance to Greed
November 17, 2019| Sabbath (Part 2): Resistance to Anxiety
November 10, 2019| Sabbath (Part 1): Resistance to Idolatry
November 3, 2019| Sermon on the Mount (Part 9): Do Not Judge
October 27, 2019| Sermon on the Mount (Part 8): Audience of One
October 20, 2019| Sermon on the Mount (Part 7): Active Nonviolent Resistance
October 13, 2019| Sermon on the Mount (Part 6): Adultery and Divorce
September 29, 2019 | Sermon on the Mount (Part 5): Murder, Anger, and Reconciliation
September 22, 2019 | Sermon on the Mount (Part 4): The Heart of the Matter
September 15, 2019 | Sermon on the Mount (Part 3): Salt and Light
September 8, 2019 | Sermon on the Mount (Part 2): The Beatitudes
September 1, 2019 | Sermon on the Mount (Part 1): An Attractive Alternative
August 25, 2019 | Conversion is a Life-Long Process
August 18, 2019 |The Psalms (Part 5): Don’t Give Up
August 11, 2019 |The Psalms (Part 4): New Orientation
August 4, 2019 |The Psalms (Part 3): Disorientation
July 28, 2019 |The Psalms (Part 2): Orientation
July 21, 2019 |The Psalms (Part 1): Introduction
July 14, 2019 |Called to Community (Part 5): Practicing Hospitality
July 7, 2019 |Called to Community (Part 4): Living Truthfully
June 30, 2019 |Called to Community (Part 3): Making and Keeping Promises
June 23, 2019 |Called to Community (Part 2): Practicing Gratitude
June 16, 2019 |Called to Community (Part 1): I Am Because You Are
June 10, 2019 |Pentecost: The Promise Fulfilled
June 2, 2019 |Your Money and Your Life
May 26, 2019 |Post-Resurrection Appearances (Part 6): The Ascension
May 19, 2019 |Post-Resurrection Appearances (Part 5): Great Commission
May 12, 2019 |Post-Resurrection Appearances (Part 4): Peter’s Restoration
May 5, 2019 |Post-Resurrection Appearances (Part 3): Breakfast on the Beach
April 28, 2019 |Post-Resurrection Appearances (Part 2): Hiding Behind Locked Doors
April 21, 2019 |Post-Resurrection Appearances (Part 1): Road to Emmaus
April 14, 2019 |Love Your Enemies (Part 3): The Image and Likeness of God
April 7, 2019 |Love Your Enemies (Part 2): Radical Forgiveness
March 31, 2019 |Love Your Enemies (Part 1): What is Love?
March 24, 2019 |Just Spirituality (Part 8): Rooted
March 17, 2019 |Just Spirituality (Part 7): Submission
March 10, 2019 |Just Spirituality (Part 6): Sabbath
March 3, 2019 |Just Spirituality (Part 5): Worship
February 24, 2019 |Just Spirituality (Part 4): Community
February 17, 2019 |Just Spirituality (Part 3): Study
February 10, 2019 |Just Spirituality (Part 2): Prayer
February 3, 2019 |Just Spirituality (Part 1): Silence and Solitude
January 27, 2019 |The Vine and the Branches: I Choose You
January 20, 2019 |Martin Luther King Day Reflection
January 20, 2019 |The Vine and the Branches: Can it Be That Simple?
January 13, 2019 |The Vine and the Branches: Seasons of Abiding
January 6, 2019 |The Vine and the Branches: Do you want to live?
December 23, 2018 |Advent: Hear All the Voices (Part 4): Jesus, Child of the Poor
December 16, 2018 |Advent: Hear All the Voices (Part 3): The Magi
December 9, 2018 |Advent: Hear All the Voices (Part 2): The Refugee Holy Family
December 2, 2018 |Advent: Hear All the Voices (Part 1): Mary
November 25, 2018 |Faithful Living in Precarious Times (Part 8): Jesus, Our Guide
November 18, 2018 |Faithful Living in Precarious Times (Part 7): Esther
November 11, 2018 |Faithful Living in Precarious Times (Part 6): Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
November 4, 2018 |Faithful Living in Precarious Times (Part 5): Daniel
October 28, 2018 |Faithful Living in Precarious Times (Part 4): Josiah
October 21, 2018 |Faithful Living in Precarious Times (Part 3): Hezekiah
October 14, 2018 |Faithful Living in Precarious Times (Part 2): Ruth
October 7, 2018 |Faithful Living in Precarious Times (Part 1): Radical Devotion to God and to Others
September 30, 2018 |Embrace Values (Part 6): Neighborhood Focused
September 23, 2018 |Embrace Values (Part 5): Church=Diverse Family
September 16, 2018 |Embrace Values (Part 4): Gritty Christ-Followers
September 9, 2018 |Embrace Values (Part 3): Keep it Real
September 2, 2018 |Embrace Values (Part 2): Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
August 26, 2018 |Embrace Values (Part 1): Jesus at the Center
August 19, 2018 |God Believes in You
August 12, 2018 |From Dust to Dust and Glory to Glory
August 5, 2018 |What Will You Leave For Those Who Are Coming Behind You?
July 29, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 11): The Most Important Part
July 22, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 10): The Holy Spirit Unites
July 15, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 9): The Spirit Brings Freedom
July 8, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 8): The Fruit of the Spirit
July 1, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 7): The Spirit Has a Mission
June 24, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 6): Paraclete: The One Who Falls Down Beside Us
June 17, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 5): Sounds of Revival
June 10, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 4): Breath of God
June 3, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 3): Giver of Gifts
May 27, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 2): The Return of God's Presence
May 20, 2018 |The Holy Spirit (Part 1): Baptized with Spirit and Fire
May 13, 2018 | Lamentations (Part 5): Jesus, the Desire of All Nations
May 6, 2018 | Lamentations (Part 4): Don't Stop Lamenting
April 29, 2018 | Lamentations (Part 3): Repent and Be Restored
April 22, 2018 | Lamentations (Part 2): See All the People
April 15, 2018 | Lamentations (Part 1): Tell the Truth
April 8, 2018 | Jesus Restores
April 1, 2018 | Jesus Rises
March 25, 2018 | Jesus Sacrifices
March 18, 2018 | Jesus Prays
March 11, 2018 | Jesus Welcomes
March 4, 2018 | Jesus Speaks
February 25, 2018 | Jesus Eats
February 18, 2018 | Jesus Heals
February 11, 2018 | Jesus Prepares
February 4, 2018 | Jesus Calls
January 28, 2018 |Money Matters: Give All You Can
January 21, 2018 |Money Matters: Earning and Saving
January 14, 2018 |Money Matters: Practical Wisdom for Today
January, 7 2018 |The Boundless Riches of Christ
December, 31 2017 |Invitation to Fruitful Reflection
December, 17 2017 |Advent (Part 3): JOY
December, 10 2017 |Advent (Part 2): LOVE
December 3, 2017 |Advent (Part 1): HOPE
November 26, 2017 |Lessons from Jacob's Journey
November 19, 2017 |The Path and the Person
November 12, 2017 |Exodus (Part 9): Remember the Departure
November 5, 2017 |Exodus (Part 8): Remember the Passover
October 29, 2017 |Exodus (Part 7): Remember the Plagues
October 22, 2017 |Exodus (Part 6): Remember When the Israelites Didn't Believe Moses
October 15, 2017 |Exodus (Part 5): Remember the Bricks Without Straw
October 8, 2017 |Exodus (Part 4): Remember When Moses Resisted God's Call
October 1, 2017 |Exodus (Part 3): Remember The Burning Bush
September 24, 2017 |Exodus (Part 2): Remember When Moses Killed the Egyptian
September 17, 2017 |Exodus (Part 1): Remember the Midwives
September 3, 2017 |Parable of the Sheep and the Goats: Faith Without Compassion is Dead
August 27, 2017 |Parable of the Talents: Faithful Attention to the Master's Business
August 20, 2017 |Spiritual Formation Sunday: Knowing and Being Known as Eternal Life Now
August 13, 2017 |Parable of the Ten Virgins: How to be a Good Waiter
August 7, 2017 |Parable of the Wedding Feast
July 30, 2017 |First or Last
July 23, 2017 |Parable of the Unmerciful Servant: Community is Forgiveness
July 16, 2017 |Parable of the Lost Sheep: God Pursues Us
July 9, 2017 |Parable of the Net: We Have a Good Judge
July 2, 2017 |Parables of the Treasure and the Pearl: The Kingdom is so Valuable!
June 25, 2017 |Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast: A Different Kind of Power
June 18, 2017 |Parable of the Weeds
June 11, 2017 |Parable of the Sower: Jesus Demands a Response
May 28, 2017 |Practicing Resurrection (Part 6): From Fear to Courage
May 21, 2017 |Practicing Resurrection (Part 5): From Worldly Peace to Biblical Peace
May 14, 2017 |Practicing Resurrection (Part 4): From Judgment to Compassion
May 7, 2017 |Practicing Resurrection (Part 3): From Success to Faithfulness
April 30, 2017 |Practicing Resurrection (Part 2): From Anxiety to Trust
April 23, 2017 |Practicing Resurrection (Part 1): Eternal Life Now
April 16, 2017 |Easter Sunday: Prisoners of Hope
April 10, 2017 |Jesus' Last 24 Hours (Part 6): Jesus en la Cruz (Jesus on the Cross)
April 2, 2017 |Jesus' Last 24 Hours (Part 5): Christ Bears Our Shame
March 26, 2017 |Jesus' Last 24 Hours (Part 4): Barabbas or Jesus—Who do you choose?
March 19, 2017 |Jesus' Last 24 Hours (Part 3): Trial Before the Sanhedrin
March 12, 2017 |Jesus' Last 24 Hours (Part 2): Garden of Gethsemane
March 5, 2017 |Jesus' Last 24 Hours (Part 1): The Last Supper
February 26, 2017 |Whatever it Takes
February 19, 2017 |Embrace Values (Part 6): Comfortable with being Uncomfortable
February 12, 2017 |Embrace Values (Part 5): Church=Diverse Family
February 5, 2017 |Embrace Values (Part 4): Keep it Real
January 29, 2017 |Embrace Values (Part 3): Neighborhood Focused
January 22, 2017 |Embrace Values (Part 2): Gritty Christ-Followers
January 15, 2017 |Embrace Values (Part 1): Jesus at the Center
January 8, 2017 |The Voice of God
January 1, 2017 |Epiphany
December 25, 2016 |Only the Poor Can Receive the Christ-Child
December 24, 2016 |Lovers of God in a Dangerous Time
December 18, 2016 |Advent (Part 4): Darkness and Light
December 11, 2016 |Advent (Part 3): The Star Shines Bright in Dark and Depressing World
November 27, 2016 |Advent (Part 1): Root
November 20, 2016 |Jeremiah (Part 5): Imagining Another Way
November 13, 2016 |Jeremiah (Part 4): The Struggle is Real (Post-Election Pain)
November 6, 2016 |Jeremiah (Part 3): Honest Speech in Times of Lies and Deception
October 30, 2016 |Jeremiah (Part 2): God's Freedom in an Oppressive World
October 23, 2016 |Jeremiah (Part 1): Prophetic Witness Against the Empire
October 16, 2016 |God Found Me
October 9, 2016 |Listen Up!
October 2, 2016 |Finding Jesus Along the Way (Part 6): The Hardest Part is the First Step
September 25, 2016 |Finding Jesus Along the Way (Part 5): Conspiring in Our Favor
September 18, 2016 |Finding Jesus Along the Way (Part 4): Open to People We Meet Along the Way
September 12, 2016 |Finding Jesus Along the Way (Part 3): Relationship
August 29, 2016 |Humbled and Hungry
August 28, 2016 |Finding Jesus Along the Way (Part 1): Shed the Weight
August 21, 2016 |Parables: Keys to the Kingdom (Part 4): Parable of the Sower
August 14, 2016 |Parables: Keys to the Kingdom (Part 3): Who I Am Makes a Difference
August 7, 2016 |Parables: Keys to the Kingdom (Part 2): God's Mysterious "Generosity"
July 31, 2016 |Parables: Keys to the Kingdom (Part 1): Humble Righteousness
July 24, 2016 |Acts (Part 6): Acts of Endurance
July 17, 2016 |Acts (Part 5): The Lifelong Process of Conversion
July 10, 2016 |Acts (Part 4): Acts of Spies and Defectors
July 3, 2016 |Acts (Part 3): Taking the Gospel to the Fringes
June 26, 2016 |Acts (Part 2): Acts of Radical Outreach
June 19, 2016 |Acts (Part 1): Holy Spirit is Mission-Focused
June 12, 2016 |Do You See this Woman?
June 5, 2016 |The Gerasene Demoniac
May 29, 2016 |Holy Spirit - Part 3
May 22, 2016 |Holy Spirit - Part 2
May 15, 2016 |Holy Spirit - Part 1
May 8, 2016 |Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places
May 1, 2016 |The Freedom of Christ
April 24, 2016 |Humble and Willing
April 17, 2016 | Finding Joy in Friendship and Sharing the Gospel
April 10, 2016 | The Joy of Friendship
April 3, 2016 | Love is All You Need
March 27, 2016 | Easter Sunday: The Worst Thing is Never the Last Thing
March 20, 2016 | Palm Sunday: The Rocks Will Cry Out
March 13, 2016 | Making Neighborhoods Whole: Empowerment
March 6, 2016 | Making Neighborhoods Whole: Wholistic Approach
February 28, 2016 | Making Neighborhoods Whole: Church-Based
February 22, 2016 | Making Neighborhoods Whole: Listening to the Community
February 14, 2016 | Making Neighborhoods Whole: Leadership Development
February 7, 2016 | Making Neighborhoods Whole: Redistribution
January 31, 2016 | Making Neighborhoods Whole: Reconciliation
January 24, 2016 | Making Neighborhoods Whole: Relocation
January 17, 2016 | Making Neighborhoods Whole: Introduction
January 10, 2016 | Small Things Matter
January 3, 2016 | Radical Reversal
December 27, 2015 | Riches to Rags
December 20, 2015 | The Magnificat
December 13, 2015 | Joy
December 06, 2015 | Repentance
November 29, 2015 | Good News of the Apocalypse
November 22, 2015 | A Kingdom Not Of This World
November 15, 2015 | A Talk Between Friends
November 8, 2015 | Money Matters - Give All You Can
November 1, 2015 | Money Matters - Save All You Can
October 25, 2015 | Money Matters - Earn All You Can
October 18, 2015 | The Price of Power is Prayer
October 11, 2015 | Praying For Those Close To Us
October 4, 2015 | Prayer Must Be Centered In Jesus
September 27, 2015 | Hope For Return
“When the early church pondered Jesus, cadences of Elijah rang in their ears, because they sensed that Jesus was an enactment of a dangerous, healing, liberating otherwise that could not be stopped. And they remembered the earlier time when they had come face-to-face with otherwise.”
September 20, 2015 | What Are You Doing Here?
“The sovereign God who is in control of everything, is the same God who has experienced the pain I live with every day. No matter how deep the pit into which I descend, I keep finding God there. He is not aloof from my suffering but draws near to me when I suffer. He is vulnerable to pain, quick to shed tears, and acquainted with grief.”
September 13, 2015 | It's Time To Make A Choice
“How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”
September 6, 2015 | Who Do You Serve?
August 30, 2015 | A Salvation Oracle for Today
August 23, 2015 | It Could Be Otherwise
“When the early church pondered Jesus, cadences of Elijah rang in their ears, because they sensed that Jesus was an enactment of a dangerous, healing, liberating otherwise that could not be stopped. And they remembered the earlier time when they had come face-to-face with otherwise.”
August 16, 2015 | Fit In With Jesus
“You have each left but one father and mother and home, and as you have done so you have gained without any effort or care countless fathers and mothers and brothers, as well as houses and lands and most faithful servants, in any part of the world to which you go, who receive you as their own family, and welcome, and respect, and take care of you with the utmost attention.”
August 9, 2015 | Jesus, Friend of Sinners: We are Not Called Servants but Friends
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”
August 2, 2015 | Jesus, Friend of Sinners: Friendship Requires Fidelity
“The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
July 26, 2015 | Jesus, Friend of Sinners: Friends of God
“And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.”
July 19, 2015 | Psalms - Part 4: "Psalm 34 - Thank You for Saving Me"
“I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears”
July 12, 2015 | Psalms - Part 3: "Psalm 88 - Don't Give Up"
“To whom do you vocalize the most intense, irrational—meaning inchoate, inarticulate—anger? Would you do so with someone who could fire you or cast you out of a cherished position or relationship? Not likely. You don’t trust them—you don’t believe they would endure the depths of your disappointment, confusion…The person who hears your lament and far more bears your lament against them, paradoxically, is someone you deeply, wildly trust…the language of lament is oddly the shadow side of faith.”
July 5, 2015 | Psalms - Part 2: "Psalm 104 - Finding God's Love in Creation"
“It is possible that God says every morning, ‘Do it again’ to the sun; and every evening, ‘Do it again’ to the moon.”
June 28, 2015 | Psalms - Part 1: "All Kinds of Emotional"
“The Psalms contain the anguished journals of people who want to believe in a loving, faithful God while the world keeps falling apart around them.”
May 31, 2015 | Lost Son Parable - Part 1: Younger Son
May 24, 2015 | True Greatness
“Be careful as you climb the ladder of success or else on your way up you may pass Jesus on his way down.”
May 17, 2015 | Ruth Series - Part 5 - "Faithfulness of Ordinary People"
“Without this Moabite girl, Christianity would be without its Founder; Israel and the world would be immeasurably the poorer.”
May 10, 2015 | Ruth Series - Part 4 - "Be the Answer to Your Prayers"
“Thus she models one way in which divine and human actions work together: believers are not to wait passively for events to happen; rather, they must seize the initiative when an opportunity presents itself.”
May 3, 2015 | Ruth Series - Part 3 - "Hesed Leads to Shalom"
““The Lord bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers.””
April 26, 2015 | Ruth Series - Part 2 - "Strange Devotion"
“But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
April 19, 2015 | Ruth Series - Part 1- "God Can Redeem Your Story"
“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”
April 12, 2015 | Hearts that Burn
“Were not our hearts burning while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
April 5, 2015 | The Resurrection Changed Everything
“‘Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?’
For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.”
March 22, 2015 | Growing Through Struggle and Pain - Part 3 - "The Wounded Healer"
“One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.”
March 15, 2015 | Growing Through Struggle and Pain - Part 2 - "Love is Not a Victory March"
“We are called to discover that no pain is ever useless. It is more like the manure spread on the ground. It smells horrid and seems only to be waste, but in fact it enriches and nourishes the earth, allowing it to bring forth new life. Nothing is lost. Jesus welcomes everything that is broken. If we give him our weakness he will transform it into a source of life.”
March 8, 2015 | Growing Through Struggle and Pain - Part 1 - "The Lord is Near to the Broken Hearted"
“I discovered an astonishing truth: God is attracted to weakness. He can’t resist those who humbly and honestly admit how desperately they need him.”
March 1, 2015 | "Close to the Kingdom of God"
“Go to the people
Live among them
Learn from them
Love them
Start with what they know
Build on what they have:
But of the best leaders
When their task is done
The people will remark, ‘We have done it ourselves.’”
February 22, 2015 | "Risky Business"
“Faith is the willingness to look foolish.”
February 15, 2015 | "Relocation and Reconciliation"
“Jesus’ love, His bodily presence in the community, burned through racial barriers, reconciling Jew and Samaritan. In the same way, the presence of Christ’s Body in a community today could bring people together. ”
February 8, 2015 | Before Anything Else - Part 5 - "Dedicated to Prayer"
“To pray is to change.”
February 1, 2015 | Before Anything Else - Part 4 - "Dedicated to the Breaking of Bread"
“The path of love is woven is sacrifice.”
January 25, 2015 | Before Anything Else - Part 3 - "Dedicated to Fellowship"
“So true is this that one of the greatest dangers to our lives as Christians lies in imagining that “God cannot be here, in the things of each instant, because they are so simple and ordinary.”
January 18, 2015 | Before Anything Else - Part 2 - "Dedicated to the Apostles' Teaching"
“If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
January 11, 2015 | Before Anything Else - Part 1 - "Introduction: Embrace's Bae"
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”