Homecoming
Steph Wieand
Last week we read from Luke 15, in which the Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling about Jesus welcoming and eating with sinners. And in response Jesus told three parables – the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son. Today we are going to engage more deeply with the third […]
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Mark Schloneger
We all have one body. We all are given one life. We all live only one life story. But there are many ways to tell it. We are large; we contain multitudes. May we claim our identity and find our story in Jesus and the story he frees us to live. And may justice roll […]
Go, Do, Stay and Listen
Mark Schloneger
In these stories, Jesus teaches that loving God and your neighbor is a radical love that transcends human boundaries. And, as his examples, he uses a foreigner and a woman — both of whom would have been on the “other side” of those boundaries. Jesus invites us to be free for a life marked by […]
Uncouth Dinner Guest
Billy Funk
Jesus receives our repentance as hospitality, for the kingdom. That is just the type of repentance this text invites us to: one that leads us to a life of hospitality as a means of discipleship.
Healer, Healer, Healer, Healer, Healer
Steph Wieand
I’ve been thinking a lot about the heart of God lately. Wanting to draw close. To dwell there. To touch the living water. And also wanting to be moved to love like God loves. To see the world as God sees it. I think God’s heart is filled with compassion and love and mercy. I […]
The Fierce Urgency of Now
Mark Schloneger
Luke 6:1-11 tells two stories about Jesus being challenged for his and his followers’ perceived failure to observe the Sabbath. Jesus reveals that the heart of the law is God’s mercy not condemnation. When justice, restoration, liberation, and healing are at stake, the time to act is always now.
Needed Discipleship
Billy Funk
In this week’s message we explore the passage of the great catch, a Miracle Story and a call story From Luke. As a part of the Miracle and Call, we get a peek into the Good News: That Jesus calls us to follow him to abundant enduring life lived in relationship with each other and […]
Will the real Messiah please stand up!
Steph Wieand
I have been resisting this passage. I’ve been resisting this passage because we’ve done repentance and I didn’t want to do it again. In fact, last weekend I was together with some friends and they asked about my next sermon, and I told them I had drawn John the Baptist again and then I actually […]
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