Who Died on the Cross?

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The Parable of the Heartbroken Father

Mar 31, 2019   ·     •   Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

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You Can Lead a Horse to Water…

Mar 17, 2019   ·     •   Luke 13:31-35

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The Way of Love: Pray

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The Way of Love: Learn

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The Way of Love: Turn

As I sat there and ate, I noticed something very interesting: just a few feet in front of me there was a tall plant. As I said, I had eaten at this place many times before, but I had never seen this plant before! Or, rather—I’m sure I had seen it before. I’m sure light bounced off this plant and entered my eyes. But I had never noticed it before. I had always been so distracted by my phone, that I had missed this five-foot tall plant right in front of my eyes! More

A Light Revealed in the Darkness

Imagine growing up and living your whole life in a desert. How incredible, how amazing, how impossible would a rainforest seem to you? Or, imagine living in the tundra, well north of the arctic circle, your whole life. How incredible, how amazing, how impossible would downtown Manhattan be? Imaging living your whole life in darkness, in the abyss, in the emptiness. How incredible, how amazing, how impossible would even the tiniest flickering light be? More

I wonder…

Listen to what Jesus has to say about children. This is from the tenth chapter of the Gospel according to Mark: “it is to [children] that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it. What does it mean to “receive the kingdom of God as a little child”? And what does it mean that the kingdom of God belongs to children? And what does it mean that God approaches us as a child? More

Hurry Up & Wait!

Dec 09, 2018   ·     •   Luke 3:1-6

…I would always hurry down to the station. Now, nine times out of ten, not only was the train not early, it was late. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty minutes late. Those of you who ride Amtrak know that I’m not exaggerating (it’s not Amtrak’s fault, since freight trains get priority on rail lines, but it’s true nonetheless). So I would always hurry down to the station, but more often than not, I’d then have to wait for a late train.
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Christ the King? What Kind of King is Jesus!?

So how does Jesus compare to this model of kingliness? Well: Jesus had no power, no wealth, no crown—at least not the kind you want—no palace, and no army. Indeed, Jesus knows that he does not fit human expectations of a king. He makes this clear in our passage from the Gospel of John this morning. More