May 11, 2025 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | John 21:12-17
May 4, 2025 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Matthew 19:13-14, Mark 10:13-16, Luke 18:15-17 Jesus centers the children and informs everyone within earshot, including us, whether you’re a parent or not, that children belong and blesses them. He invites them, carries them, lifts them up, and welcomes them in his presence. He rebukes anyone who keeps […]
April 27, 2025 | Nicola Patton | Luke 24:28-33 On the road to Emmaus, two disciples encounter Jesus without recognizing him. It is not until they sit at a table with him that they understand who has been walking with them. The same is true of us: Not all who wander are lost; Jesus is […]
April 20, 2025 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Luke 24:1-12 NRSV Resurrection is about looking for the Living One among living ones. Those living into the way, the truth and the life of Jesus. Those who find life after death, not only eternal life, but present life. Resurrection is rising up and rising again as Jesus […]
April 18, 2025 | Armando David Scott-Canchola | The Last Seven Saying of Jesus from the Cross In this contemplative liturgy of sight, sound, and solidarity, we center a table of remembrance and reflect on the last seven sayings of Jesus on the cross. In this Tenebrae-style service, exploring verbal, visual, and musical meditations centered […]
April 13, 2025 | Armando David Scott-Canchola | Luke 19:28-44 / Zechariah 9:9-10 Pastor Mondo explores the significance of Palm Sunday, when Jesus arrives in the capital city of Jerusalem as a rival king, promoting a counter-kingdom agenda that embodies a peaceable kingdom. This pivotal moment marks the onset of what we now recognize as […]
April 6, 2025 | Nicola Patton | Luke 15:11-32 As we look deeper into the background of repentance, we step further back into the traditions that have kept us from seeing our true selves. In the beginning, God called us very good. How can we call something bad that God has called good? God’s goodness […]
March 30, 2025 | Armando David Scott-Canchola | Luke 10:25-37 Pastor Mondo re-explores the familiar story of the Good Samaritan by focusing on Jesus’ pivotal conversation with a religious scholar, culminating in Jesus telling one of his most favored parables. We discover that Jesus is having a healthy, not hostile conversation with his neighbor, engaging […]
March 23, 2025 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Matthew 14:13 and 22 This time, we will focus on the theme of Returning to the Mind and have a brilliant panel of therapists from our own Church familia speak to us. We are privileged to have the wisdom of Dr. Jennifer Arias [Clinical Psychologist], Dr. Eleanor Baylon […]
March 16, 2025 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | John 15:1-11 In John 15, Jesus repeats the word “abide” 12 times in the famous statement, “I am the vine”. We lean into the common agricultural method of vineyards, science behind grapevines, and converse with the work of Susie Lipps and “Conversations in the Vineyard”. Grateful for the […]