Azle Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Seeking: Where are you headed? (Matthew 21:1-11) Guest minister: Rev. Thomas McCracken Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or find us on Venmo (@Azle-ChristianChurch).

Life sometimes brings tears—illness, grief, career, love, etc. The sisters—and even Jesus—wept at the death of Lazarus. Life brings change, change brings tears, and tears leave us hopeful for the resurrection. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church...

Seeking: Who Sinned? (John 9:1-41) Guest Minister Rev. Allison Lanza Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or find us on Venmo (@Azle-ChristianChurch).

Can we flip the script on how Jesus address the woman at the well, and would the bible be better with emojis? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or find us on Venmo (@Azle-ChristianChurch).

Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or find us on Venmo (@Azle-ChristianChurch).

Seeking: Who Will You Listen To? (Matthew 4:1-11) Rev. Allison Lanza Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on our website or find us on Venmo (@Azle-ChristianChurch).

Strange things happen on mountains in scripture. Moses receives the law of God and his face becomes too dazzling to look at. Elijah hears the voice of God in a surprising way. And in this instance, too, Jesus and his disciples have an encounter that defies understanding. What does it mean? What is it all for? Is it so wrong to want to stay on top of the mountain? Find us on social media: Facebook...

“You have heard that it was said…but I say to you.” These are iconic words from Jesus that help us to adjust the way we see the changing world. How can we let the words of scripture ebb and flow and adapt to our circumstances now? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of...

This portion of the Sermon on the Mount is all about boldness. Be like salt! Let your light shine! Dig deep into the heart of what scripture tells us rather than staying on a superficial level. When it comes to interpreting the words of Jesus, sometimes less is more. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute fi...

How do we hear this text of the Beatitudes fresh? Blessed are the meek, the poor in spirit, those who mourn. But what will they gain, really? Something in some ethereal future? Perhaps recalling old stories of blessings might help us hear the promise of a world coming not one day in the by-and-by, but a world that is already here and happening now. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram ....

It’s a call story we’ve heard a hundred times: Jesus calls some fishermen to follow him, and they drop their nets and go. But what made them leave their jobs, their homes, their lives that day? What in them was restless for a new life, a new adventure? How might we cultivate the restlessness in us to sprout forth a new life, an adventure of mystery and miracle in Christ? Find us on social media: F...

We follow in Jesus’ footsteps in baptism. John the Baptist baptizes Jesus, and we, too, join in this community of faith through our own baptism. But baptism is not the end of a journey, but the beginning, and often, that journey is long and difficult. May we have the courage to be the first in line for repentance and confession, just as Jesus, who stood in solidarity with sinners, joined the line...

The Magi set out on an incredible journey, following a star all the to Jesus. In a dream, they’re warned to go home another way. Sometimes our encounters with Christ lead us to change direction, to go down an unfamiliar path in order to find our way home. How might our encounter with Christ change our direction today? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our web...

In this sermon, ACC's Minister to Youth and Children, Emerson Braun, preaches on what it means to have a chosen home - a place of authentic belonging.  How do we make space for and uphold the wisdom of our young people? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle C...

Don’t let the growing belly fool you! Mary, Mother of God, means business with her song. Her lullaby is anything but quaint, and we know this because the things she sings about are the very things that Jesus will talk about and live out when he is born. And the question for us is how we will receive her song? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www...

When you think of John the Baptist, what do you picture? Perhaps, you see a wilderness-dwelling, locust-eating weirdo with a penchant for religious rants. This text from Luke certainly does not help with that image. But allegedly, John is preaching the gospel—he is preaching good news. How do we, religious folks, receive what he has to say to the religious folks of his day, as good news for all? A...

With the birth of their son, Elizabeth and Zechariah imagine the world that John (the Baptist) will grow into. Their hopes are the hopes of many parents: peace, justice, worship of God. But just as they knew then, we know that our world is not one of peace and justice, where all are free to worship the Holy One in their own way. How do we reconcile this dream of peace with the world we live in now...

Before we get to sweet baby Jesus, we have to deal with apocalyptic Jesus. Even as we put up our Christmas trees and turn on Frank Sinatra, Advent won’t let us get away with skipping right to the merry and bright. No, we are reminded—urged—to bear witness to the way that Christ coming into the world completely upends it. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our...

It’s the last Sunday of Ordinary Time! Ecclesiastes may seem like a weird place to end Ordinary Time, but as the writer says, “For everything there is a season.” This text helps us to discern what our role is in making meaning of the time we are in now, as the world changes every day, as we change every day. How will we let the stories and songs that are so familiar to us speak something fresh to...

The feeding of the five thousand is one of the more familiar stories of scripture. We know the details—the disciples have just returned from their mission and are faced with a big hungry crowd. They only have a few loaves and fishes, and somehow it becomes more than enough. But perhaps the details we don’t have can inform how we approach stewardship. What did the disciples do on their mission spec...

On the first Monday of each month, we will be offering a Lectio Divina podcast. Lectio Divina is a practice of reading scripture not for learning something practical or theological, but rather to allow the Living Spirit of Christ to speak to us through a word, a phrase, a pause. It lets the text be the text as it speaks to our own hearts. You’ll hear the same scripture from a couple of different v...

We began our stewardship series, A Future with Hope, on Sunday! We’re drawing from the story of exile in Jeremiah, the promise of return, and the call to root down right where we are in hope. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church, you can give on...

Be careful that you don’t fall into the trap laid for you in this parable! If we walk away from this parable praying, “Thank God, I’m not like the Pharisee!” then we have indeed fallen into the trap. To understand the landslide of grace in this parable, we have to understand our characters as they were to Jesus’s audience and resist making caricatures of them. Find us on social media: Facebook and...

Parables are meant to disturb and unsettle, and this one surely does. What should we make of a widow who pounds on a door and a judge who couldn’t care less until he does? And how is this parable about prayer? Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially to the ongoing ministry of Azle Christian Church...

The story of the ten lepers seems like a simple lesson in gratitude. Didn’t our grandmothers always tell us to say thank you? But there’s something more going on here—especially if we consider that the one who turns back is not your typical religious person. Find us on social media: Facebook and Instagram . Or, contact us through our website: www.azlechristianchurch.org . To contribute financially...