From Your Pastor

Resurrection: Change! 28.04.2024 11:40 ↓

We explore how even Peter had to change.

Resurrection: Earth Day 21.04.2024 15:43 ↓

The earth testifies to resurrection, but do we see it and participate in it?

Resurrection: A Reality or a Miracle? 07.04.2024 13:51 ↓

With some guidance from Richard Rohr, we explore how resurrection is the way God works, not a one time event.

Easter Sunday: Resurrection Brain 31.03.2024 15:48 ↓

We explore the negativity bias we all have and the ways we can sit alongside the Marys with our fear and our great joy.

Commonwealth of God: Week 5 24.03.2024 14:09 ↓

The unnamed woman reminds us that life in the Commonwealth of God is also about ritual, celebration, and making space for grief.

Commonwealth of God: Week 4 10.03.2024 16:14 ↓

Children (and all the unlikely others who teach us about God).

Commonwealth of God: Week 3 03.03.2024 18:04 ↓

We explore the beloved story of the father and two sons (Prodigal Son alert!) to help us define the priorities of the Commonwealth of God.

Commonwealth of God: Week 1 18.02.2024 13:22 ↓

Who's in charge around here?

Ash Wednesday 14.02.2024 7:44 ↓

The peril and promise of being made from dust.

Gospels: Following Jesus through Death and Resurrection 13.02.2024 11:40 ↓

There is one thing shared among all four gospels. You got it, death and resurrection!

Gospels: The Gospel According to Luke 04.02.2024 22:10 ↓

Jesus sets an ever widening table in the kingdom of God.

Gospels: The Gospel According to Matthew 21.01.2024 19:16 ↓

The "Church's Gospel" helps Matthew's people (and us!) create a community centered on Jesus. Also, brutal scapegoating of the Pharisees.

Gospels: The Gospel According to Mark 16.01.2024 17:11 ↓

The disciples don’t get him. The empire doesn’t get him (or want to). Only those willing to serve or suffer “get Jesus.” Mark’s gospel is a doozy folks!

Gospels: What are the gospels? 08.01.2024 16:54 ↓

Jenelle introduces the idea of the good news/gospel and why we have four versions of Jesus life and good news.

Christmas Eve: Look at your very feet for God. 25.12.2023 11:41 ↓

Christmas is a reminder that God's best work is done among us, not apart from us.

Advent Week 4: We are made (biologically!) for community and connection. 17.12.2023 14:41 ↓

We challenge the negative narratives that drag us down, and we join Mary in celebrating how we're made for connection and care.

Advent Week 2: Wilderness Talk is Purpose Talk 03.12.2023 18:13 ↓

John went to the wilderness (not Rome or Jerusalem) to get straight on his purpose and ours.

Advent Week One: Signs of the Apocalypse Are Signs of Potential 26.11.2023 13:13 ↓

Do we see the hope that can be found in chaos?

Spiritual Practice of Labor 12.11.2023 15:07 ↓

Work is love made visible! (Kahlil Gibran, obv.)

Spiritual Practice of Grief 05.11.2023 19:18 ↓

We talk about helpful ways to play host to grief, that generative yet hard houseguest.

Spiritual Practice of Small Touches 30.10.2023 12:45 ↓

Doing good things of a reasonable size.

Spiritual Practice in Crisis: Unlearning Helplessness 22.10.2023 16:30 ↓

We explore what our faith in action looks like in the face of learned helplessness, so common in our global context.

Your Body Is Your Spiritual Entry Point! 08.10.2023 15:49 ↓

We do away with the binary of body and soul. The only place to experience spirituality is right where you are--in your flesh!

Spiritual Practice of Keeping Time 10.09.2023 24:13 ↓

We kick off our Fall sermon series "Spiritual Practices for Everyday People" with TIME. We've only got so much, how to use it (or not use it)?

Camp Curiosity: Chaos and Suffering 27.08.2023 20:53 ↓

We lay some groundwork for a new understanding of God's world that is big enough for Rilke's famous "beauty and terror."